Match Report
Netherlands, 1st with 27 points, sat 27 points above San Marino (6th, 0). On recent form San Marino sat only 50th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Against a league average of 1.35 goals per team per game, Netherlands ran at 3.7 scored and 0.8 conceded, San Marino at 0 and 5.3.
Defeat had not touched Netherlands in 7 games. San Marino entered with ten losses in a row. Netherlands had banked 11 of the last 15 points on offer; San Marino, 0.
Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, capacity 35,119, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 11 second-half goals set the final 11-0.