Match Report
18 points separated the sides: Germany 1st on 27, Iceland 5th on 9. On recent form Iceland sat only 35th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Per game in the league, Iceland were scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.8, Germany 3.6 and 0.4, against a competition average of 1.53 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Germany in 15 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Iceland held 4 points of 15 and Germany 11.
The venue was Laugardalsvöllur in Reykjavik, with room for 1,000 spectators. Germany led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-4 full-time score.