Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Germany (1st, 21 pts) held a 17-point advantage over Belarus (4th, 4 pts). On recent form Belarus sat only 37th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Per game in the league, Germany were scoring 3.75 and conceding 0.88, Belarus 0.5 and 2, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Germany in 6 games, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Belarus had lost three in a row. Recent form was uneven: 11/15 points for Germany, 4/15 for Belarus.
Stadion im Borussia-Park in Monchengladbach, capacity 54,057, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Germany led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 4-0.