Match Report
13 points for Belgium U21 (2nd), 5 for Germany U21 (1st): an 8-point gap. Germany U21's recent output lagged their position: 40th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Belgium U21 were scoring 2.25 and conceding 1.13, Germany U21 1.33 and 0.33, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
Germany U21 carried a 15-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Belgium U21 against 11/15 for Germany U21.
King Power at Den Dreef Stadion in Heverlee, capacity 12,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-1.