Head to head

China vs Costa Rica

If they played today

China at home

30% / 26% / 44%

China win / draw / Costa Rica win

China–Costa Rica

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.2%
0–2 7.7%

Neutral venue

24% / 24% / 52%

China win / draw / Costa Rica win

China–Costa Rica

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

Costa Rica at home

18% / 22% / 60%

China win / draw / Costa Rica win

China–Costa Rica

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

	China	Costa Rica
Current Elo	1553	1744
Elo rank	93rd	51st
Peak Elo	1839 (2001)	1940 (2017)
Matches played	702	724
All-time record	339W 154D 209L	316W 178D 230L
Goals for	1285	1238
Goals against	768	858
Biggest win	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-01-26 · AFC Asian Cup qualification	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games
Biggest loss	0–8 vs Brazil · 2012-09-10 · Friendly	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.01	0.05

When they've met

Meetings

China 1W 2D 2L

Goals

6–8

China first

First meeting

0–2

Costa Rica won · 2002-06-04 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 2011-03-26 · Friendly

China's biggest win

2–0

2005-06-22 · Friendly

Costa Rica's biggest win

2–0

2003-09-07 · Friendly

Most common result

2–2

China first · twice, last 2011-03-26

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

China · since 2005-06-19

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2011-03-26	2–2	Costa Rica home	Friendly
2005-06-22	2–0	China home	Friendly
2005-06-19	2–2	China home	Friendly
2003-09-07	0–2	Neutral	Friendly
2002-06-04	0–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup