Head to head

Costa Rica vs England

If they played today

Costa Rica at home
15% / 21% / 65%
Costa Rica win / draw / England win
Costa Rica–England
  • 0–2 11.8%
  • 0–1 11.8%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 1–1 9.8%
  • 0–3 7.9%
Neutral venue
10% / 18% / 72%
Costa Rica win / draw / England win
Costa Rica–England
  • 0–2 13.4%
  • 0–1 12.1%
  • 0–3 9.8%
  • 1–2 9.3%
  • 1–1 8.4%
England at home
7% / 15% / 78%
Costa Rica win / draw / England win
Costa Rica–England
  • 0–2 14.9%
  • 0–1 12.4%
  • 0–3 11.9%
  • 1–2 8.4%
  • 0–4 7.2%

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 RicaEngland
Current Elo17442197
Elo rank51st3rd
Peak Elo1940 (2017)2197 (2026)
Matches played7241098
All-time record316W 178D 230L631W 259D 208L
Goals for12382401
Goals against8581053
Biggest win12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games13–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup1–7 vs Hungary · 1954-05-23 · Friendly
World Cups won01
Expected World Cups0.051.45

When they've met

Meetings
3
Costa Rica 0W 1D 2L
Goals
0–5
Costa Rica first
First meeting
0–0
Drawn · 2014-06-24 · FIFA World Cup
Most recent
0–3
England won · 2026-06-10 · Friendly
Costa Rica's biggest win
Never beaten England
England's biggest win
3–0
2026-06-10 · Friendly
Current run
Unbeaten in 3
England · since 2014-06-24
3 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2026-06-100–3NeutralFriendly
2018-06-070–2England homeFriendly
2014-06-240–0NeutralFIFA World Cup