Match Report
13 points and 3 places separated them: Belgium 1st with 20, Azerbaijan 4th with 7. On recent form Azerbaijan sat only 34th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Against a league average of 1.44 goals per team per game, Belgium ran at 2.75 scored and 0.5 conceded, Azerbaijan at 0.88 and 2.13.
Belgium carried a 10-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
Stade Roi Baudouin in Brussels staged the fixture, a ground that holds 50,093. On the scoreboard, Belgium led 4-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 5-0.