Match Report
The table read 4th (Estonia, 4 pts) against 5th (Belarus, 3 pts), 1 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Belarus: only 52nd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Estonia were scoring 1.13 and conceding 2.63, Belarus 0.88 and 3, against a competition average of 1.53 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Belarus — four in succession. The five-game form split read 7/15 points for Estonia against 1/15 for Belarus.
A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, capacity 15,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.