Match Report
Cyprus U21, 5th on 7 points, faced a 20-point deficit to Netherlands U21 (1st, 27). The last five rounds placed Cyprus U21 no better than 48th for form, against 5th in the standings. Per game in the league, Cyprus U21 were scoring 0.89 and conceding 2.67, Netherlands U21 4.6 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
Netherlands U21 had won eight straight, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 7/15 points for Cyprus U21, 15/15 for Netherlands U21.
The referee was E. Hamiti, with 67 matches in our database and 1.6 yellows per game on average. AEK Arena - George Karapatakis in Larnaca, capacity 8,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Netherlands U21 led 1-0 at the break, before 6 more goals closed it at 0-7.