Head to head

Algeria vs Costa Rica

If they played today

Algeria at home
54% / 24% / 22%
Algeria win / draw / Costa Rica win
Algeria–Costa Rica
  • 1–1 11.3%
  • 1–0 11.1%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 2–0 9.6%
  • 0–1 6.5%
Neutral venue
46% / 25% / 28%
Algeria win / draw / Costa Rica win
Algeria–Costa Rica
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 1–0 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.2%
  • 2–0 8.1%
  • 0–1 7.9%
Costa Rica at home
38% / 26% / 36%
Algeria win / draw / Costa Rica win
Algeria–Costa Rica
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.8%
  • 0–1 9.4%
  • 2–1 8.3%
  • 1–2 8.0%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

 AlgeriaCosta Rica
Current Elo18591744
Elo rank29th51st
Peak Elo1908 (2022)1940 (2017)
Matches played621724
All-time record289W 163D 169L316W 178D 230L
Goals for9581238
Goals against622858
Biggest win15–1 vs Yemen · 1973-08-17 · Palestine Cup12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games
Biggest loss0–5 vs German DR · 1976-04-21 · Friendly0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.040.05

When they've met

Algeria and Costa Rica have never played each other.