Head to head

Bulgaria vs Costa Rica

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

29% / 26% / 45%

Bulgaria win / draw / Costa Rica win

Bulgaria–Costa Rica

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.1%
0–2 7.8%

Neutral venue

23% / 24% / 53%

Bulgaria win / draw / Costa Rica win

Bulgaria–Costa Rica

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.4%
1–0 6.7%

Costa Rica at home

17% / 22% / 61%

Bulgaria win / draw / Costa Rica win

Bulgaria–Costa Rica

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.0%

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

	Bulgaria	Costa Rica
Current Elo	1542	1744
Elo rank	96th	51st
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1940 (2017)
Matches played	736	724
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	316W 178D 230L
Goals for	1016	1238
Goals against	1105	858
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.05

When they've met

Bulgaria and Costa Rica have never played each other.