Match Report
The table read 17th (Belgium, 4 pts) against 45th (Côte d'Ivoire, 1 pts), 3 points apart. Per game in the league, Belgium were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1, Côte d'Ivoire 0.5 and 1, against a competition average of 1.47 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Belgium, winners of their last four, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
Stade Roi Baudouin in Brussels, capacity 50,093, 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 1-1.