Match Report
The table read 1st (Germany U21, 5 pts) against 1st (Portugal U21, 9 pts), 4 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Germany U21: only 40th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Per game in the league, Germany U21 were scoring 1.33 and conceding 0.33, Portugal U21 2 and 0, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
Germany U21 carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this. Portugal U21 arrived on a run of nine straight wins, having scored in 9 consecutive games.
Stadion Stožice in Ljubljana, capacity 12,480, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.