Head to head

Argentina vs Costa Rica

If they played today

Argentina at home

81% / 13% / 5%

Argentina win / draw / Costa Rica win

Argentina–Costa Rica

2–0 15.6%
3–0 13.1%
1–0 12.5%
4–0 8.2%
2–1 7.7%

Neutral venue

75% / 16% / 8%

Argentina win / draw / Costa Rica win

Argentina–Costa Rica

2–0 14.2%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 10.9%
2–1 8.9%
1–1 7.7%

Costa Rica at home

69% / 19% / 12%

Argentina win / draw / Costa Rica win

Argentina–Costa Rica

2–0 12.6%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
3–0 8.9%

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

	Argentina	Costa Rica
Current Elo	2250	1744
Elo rank	2nd	51st
Peak Elo	2279 (2026)	1940 (2017)
Matches played	1077	724
All-time record	599W 257D 221L	316W 178D 230L
Goals for	2047	1238
Goals against	1083	858
Biggest win	12–0 vs Ecuador · 1942-01-22 · Copa América	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games
Biggest loss	1–6 vs Spain · 2018-03-27 · Friendly	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	3	0
Expected World Cups	1.79	0.05

When they've met

Meetings

Argentina 5W 2D 0L

Goals

15–6

Argentina first

First meeting

4–3

Argentina won · 1956-03-06 · Pan American Championship

Most recent

3–1

Argentina won · 2024-03-26 · Friendly

Argentina's biggest win

3–0

2011-07-11 · Copa América

Costa Rica's biggest win

—

Never beaten Argentina

Most common result

0–0

Argentina first · twice, last 2011-03-29

Current run

Unbeaten in 7

Argentina · since 1956-03-06

7 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-03-26	3–1	Neutral	Friendly
2011-07-11	3–0	Argentina home	Copa América
2011-03-29	0–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly
2010-01-26	3–2	Argentina home	Friendly
1960-03-15	2–0	Costa Rica home	Pan American Championship
1960-03-08	0–0	Costa Rica home	Pan American Championship
1956-03-06	4–3	Neutral	Pan American Championship