Head to head

Costa Rica vs Ecuador

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

28% / 25% / 47%

Costa Rica win / draw / Ecuador win

Costa Rica–Ecuador

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.1%
1–0 7.8%

Neutral venue

22% / 24% / 55%

Costa Rica win / draw / Ecuador win

Costa Rica–Ecuador

1–1 11.2%
0–1 11.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.7%
1–0 6.5%

Ecuador at home

16% / 21% / 62%

Costa Rica win / draw / Ecuador win

Costa Rica–Ecuador

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.3%
1–1 10.2%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.3%

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	Ecuador
Current Elo	1744	1964
Elo rank	51st	16th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	2028 (2026)
Matches played	724	595
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	184W 158D 253L
Goals for	1238	719
Goals against	858	907
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	6–0 vs Peru · 1975-06-22 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–12 vs Argentina · 1942-01-22 · Copa América
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 1W 5D 6L

Goals

10–22

Costa Rica first

First meeting

2–1

Costa Rica won · 1992-05-27 · Friendly

Most recent

1–3

Ecuador won · 2023-06-20 · Friendly

Costa Rica's biggest win

2–1

1992-05-27 · Friendly

Ecuador's biggest win

4–0

2011-09-06 · Friendly

Most common result

1–1

Costa Rica first · 3 times, last 2002-10-16

Current run

Unbeaten in 11

Ecuador · since 1992-08-06

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-06-20	1–3	Neutral	Friendly
2011-09-06	0–4	Ecuador home	Friendly
2011-08-10	0–2	Costa Rica home	Friendly
2006-06-15	0–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2005-02-16	1–2	Costa Rica home	Friendly
2002-11-20	2–2	Ecuador home	Friendly
2002-10-16	1–1	Costa Rica home	Friendly
1999-01-28	0–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly
1996-08-16	1–1	Ecuador home	Friendly
1995-06-10	1–2	Neutral	Korea Cup
1992-08-06	1–1	Ecuador home	Friendly
1992-05-27	2–1	Costa Rica home	Friendly