Match Report
The table read 1st (France, 18 pts) against 4th (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7 pts), 11 points apart. The last five rounds placed Bosnia and Herzegovina no better than 35th for form, against 4th in the standings. Per game in the league, France were scoring 2.25 and conceding 0.38, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.13 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.53 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive draws preceded this one for France, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Bosnia and Herzegovina's winless run stood at 11. Over the last five, France had taken 9 of 15 points to Bosnia and Herzegovina's 2.
The match was played at Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg (capacity 26,109). On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.