4 straight defeats deepen Azerbaijan U17's slump
Azerbaijan U17 are 4 defeats into a slide that has become steadily harder to arrest.
Whatever their earlier form, Northern Ireland U17 have now been beaten in two straight matches. It ended 4-2 to Lithuania U17 when the hosts last played, a defeat by two clear goals.
For Azerbaijan U17, the wait for a goal now covers 3 matches. Each of the visitors' last 5 opponents has found the net, a telling measure of their vulnerability. Seldom short of incident, the visitors' meeting with Germany U17 finished 7-0. A 6-0 result in 2010 remains the most recent between these clubs.