Head to head

Costa Rica vs Cuba

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

71% / 18% / 11%

Costa Rica win / draw / Cuba win

Costa Rica–Cuba

2–0 13.1%
1–0 12.1%
3–0 9.5%
2–1 9.4%
1–1 8.7%

Neutral venue

64% / 21% / 15%

Costa Rica win / draw / Cuba win

Costa Rica–Cuba

1–0 11.7%
2–0 11.6%
1–1 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
3–0 7.6%

Cuba at home

56% / 23% / 21%

Costa Rica win / draw / Cuba win

Costa Rica–Cuba

1–0 11.3%
1–1 11.1%
2–0 10.0%
2–1 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

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

	Costa Rica	Cuba
Current Elo	1744	1407
Elo rank	51st	146th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1740 (2005)
Matches played	724	397
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	139W 90D 168L
Goals for	1238	532
Goals against	858	605
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	11–0 vs Turks and Caicos Islands · 2018-09-08 · CONCACAF Nations League qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–8 vs Russia · 2023-11-20 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.03
CONCACAF Gold Cups won	3	0
Expected CONCACAF Gold Cups	3.67	0.31

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 12W 3D 1L

Goals

49–11

Costa Rica first

First meeting

1–2

Cuba won · 1930-03-30 · Central American and Caribbean Games

Most recent

3–0

Costa Rica won · 2013-07-09 · Gold Cup

Costa Rica's biggest win

6–0

1955-08-16 · CCCF Championship

Cuba's biggest win

2–1

1930-03-30 · Central American and Caribbean Games

Most common result

3–0

Costa Rica first · 5 times, last 2013-07-09

Current run

Unbeaten in 15

Costa Rica · since 1935-03-31

16 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2013-07-09	3–0	Neutral	Gold Cup
2011-12-11	1–1	Cuba home	Friendly
2011-06-05	5–0	Neutral	Gold Cup
2005-07-09	3–1	Neutral	Gold Cup
2004-06-20	1–1	Costa Rica home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-06-12	2–2	Cuba home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2003-07-16	3–0	Neutral	Gold Cup
1998-02-04	7–2	Neutral	Gold Cup
1983-08-04	2–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly
1983-08-02	3–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly
1980-06-24	3–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly
1971-11-20	3–0	Neutral	CONCACAF Championship
1961-03-05	4–1	Costa Rica home	CCCF Championship
1955-08-16	6–0	Neutral	CCCF Championship
1935-03-31	2–1	Neutral	Central American and Caribbean Games
1930-03-30	1–2	Cuba home	Central American and Caribbean Games