Match Report
England (1st, 5 pts) visited Netherlands (3rd, 4 pts) with 1 points between them. On recent form Netherlands sat only 9th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Netherlands were scoring 1.33 and conceding 1.33, England 0.67 and 0.33, against a competition average of 1.13 goals per team per game.
5 meetings are on record — 3 won by Netherlands, 1 by England, 1 drawn, at 3.4 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. Goals tend to flow: 80% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, capacity 81,365, hosted the game. F. Zwayer officiated: 100 games logged, averaging 2.9 yellow cards each. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.