| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan W | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10/15 | 8-3 |
| Iceland W | 15 | W5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15/15 | 14-3 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan W | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | WWWLD | 7 | -4 |
| Iceland W | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | LDW | 46 | -27 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2021-11-25
12 points and 16 places separated them: Japan W 3rd with 16, Iceland W 19th with 4. On recent form Iceland W sat only 46th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 19th overall. Against a league average of 1.55 goals per team per game, Japan W ran at 4 scored and 0.43 conceded, Iceland W at 1 and 0.67.
Iceland W had won five straight.
The match was played at Yanmar Stadion in Almere Stad (capacity 4,501).
