Head to head

Belgium vs Costa Rica

If they played today

Belgium at home

68% / 19% / 13%

Belgium win / draw / Costa Rica win

Belgium–Costa Rica

2–0 12.4%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.7%
1–1 9.3%
3–0 8.6%

Neutral venue

60% / 22% / 18%

Belgium win / draw / Costa Rica win

Belgium–Costa Rica

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.8%
1–1 10.5%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.8%

Costa Rica at home

52% / 24% / 23%

Belgium win / draw / Costa Rica win

Belgium–Costa Rica

1–1 11.5%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.3%
0–1 6.8%

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

	Belgium	Costa Rica
Current Elo	2036	1744
Elo rank	9th	51st
Peak Elo	2209 (2021)	1940 (2017)
Matches played	859	724
All-time record	385W 183D 291L	316W 178D 230L
Goals for	1564	1238
Goals against	1297	858
Biggest win	10–1 vs San Marino · 2001-02-28 · FIFA World Cup qualification	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games
Biggest loss	1–9 vs Netherlands · 1959-10-04 · Friendly	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.39	0.05

When they've met

Meetings

Belgium 2W 0D 0L

Goals

5–1

Belgium first

First meeting

1–0

Belgium won · 2002-05-26 · Friendly

Most recent

4–1

Belgium won · 2018-06-11 · Friendly

Belgium's biggest win

4–1

2018-06-11 · Friendly

Costa Rica's biggest win

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Never beaten Belgium

Current run

Won last 2

Belgium · since 2002-05-26

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-06-11	4–1	Belgium home	Friendly
2002-05-26	1–0	Neutral	Friendly