Head to head

Costa Rica vs Iceland

If they played today

Costa Rica at home
53% / 24% / 23%
Costa Rica win / draw / Iceland win
Costa Rica–Iceland
  • 1–1 11.4%
  • 1–0 11.1%
  • 2–1 9.7%
  • 2–0 9.5%
  • 0–1 6.7%
Neutral venue
45% / 26% / 29%
Costa Rica win / draw / Iceland win
Costa Rica–Iceland
  • 1–1 12.1%
  • 1–0 10.5%
  • 2–1 9.2%
  • 0–1 8.0%
  • 2–0 7.9%
Iceland at home
37% / 26% / 36%
Costa Rica win / draw / Iceland win
Costa Rica–Iceland
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 1–0 9.7%
  • 0–1 9.6%
  • 2–1 8.2%
  • 1–2 8.1%

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 RicaIceland
Current Elo17441639
Elo rank51st81st
Peak Elo1940 (2017)1885 (2017)
Matches played724522
All-time record316W 178D 230L159W 102D 261L
Goals for1238632
Goals against858876
Biggest win12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games9–0 vs Faroe Islands · 1985-07-10 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup2–14 vs Denmark · 1967-08-23 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.05<0.01

When they've met

Costa Rica and Iceland have never played each other.