Match Report
9 points for Portugal U21 (1st), 20 for Croatia U21 (2nd): an 11-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Croatia U21: only 48th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Per game in the league, Portugal U21 were scoring 2 and conceding 0, Croatia U21 3.7 and 0.7, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
Portugal U21 entered with five wins in a row. Defeat had not touched Croatia U21 in 8 games.
ŠRC Bonifika in Koper, capacity 4,010, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.