Match Report
5 points and 1 places separated them: Germany W 1st with 27, Portugal W 2nd with 22. Recent form told a different story for Portugal W: only 18th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Scoring rates set the scale: Germany W 4.7 scored and 0.5 conceded per game, Portugal W 2.6 and 0.9, with the league averaging 2.28.
Germany W came in having won three on the spin.
The match was played at SchücoArena in Bielefeld (capacity 27,300). On the scoreboard, Germany W led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-0.