Head to head

Costa Rica vs Iran

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

33% / 26% / 40%

Costa Rica win / draw / Iran win

Costa Rica–Iran

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.6%
2–1 7.7%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

Costa Rica win / draw / Iran win

Costa Rica–Iran

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.5%
1–0 7.5%

Iran at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Costa Rica win / draw / Iran win

Costa Rica–Iran

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.1%
1–2 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	Iran
Current Elo	1744	1889
Elo rank	51st	25th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1945 (2022)
Matches played	724	615
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	349W 147D 119L
Goals for	1238	1158
Goals against	858	486
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.13

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 0W 1D 2L

Goals

2–8

Costa Rica first

First meeting

2–3

Iran won · 2006-03-01 · Friendly

Most recent

0–5

Iran won · 2026-03-31 · Friendly

Costa Rica's biggest win

—

Never beaten Iran

Iran's biggest win

5–0

2026-03-31 · Friendly

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Iran · since 2006-03-01

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-03-31	0–5	Neutral	Friendly
2008-01-30	0–0	Iran home	Friendly
2006-03-01	2–3	Iran home	Friendly