Match Report
20 points separated the sides: Portugal 1st on 30, Iceland 4th on 10. Iceland's recent output lagged their position: 26th on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Portugal were scoring 3.6 and conceding 0.2, Iceland 1.7 and 1.6, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Portugal came in having won nine on the spin, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 15/15 points for Portugal, 7/15 for Iceland.
Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon staged the fixture, a ground that holds 50,095. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Portugal led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.