Head to head

Costa Rica vs Japan

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

28% / 25% / 47%

Costa Rica win / draw / Japan win

Costa Rica–Japan

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.3%
1–0 7.7%

Neutral venue

21% / 23% / 55%

Costa Rica win / draw / Japan win

Costa Rica–Japan

0–1 11.2%
1–1 11.1%
0–2 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.4%

Japan at home

16% / 21% / 63%

Costa Rica win / draw / Japan win

Costa Rica–Japan

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.4%
1–1 10.1%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.5%

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	Japan
Current Elo	1744	1973
Elo rank	51st	15th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	2012 (2026)
Matches played	724	794
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	391W 167D 236L
Goals for	1238	1451
Goals against	858	915
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	14–0 vs Mongolia · 2021-03-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	2–15 vs Philippines · 1917-05-10 · Far Eastern Championship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.16

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 1W 1D 3L

Goals

3–10

Costa Rica first

First meeting

0–3

Japan won · 1995-08-06 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Costa Rica won · 2022-11-27 · FIFA World Cup

Costa Rica's biggest win

1–0

2022-11-27 · FIFA World Cup

Japan's biggest win

3–0

2018-09-11 · Kirin Challenge Cup

Most common result

0–3

Costa Rica first · twice, last 2018-09-11

Current run

Won the last meeting

Costa Rica · since 2022-11-27

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-11-27	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2018-09-11	0–3	Japan home	Kirin Challenge Cup
2014-06-02	1–3	Neutral	Friendly
2002-04-17	1–1	Japan home	Friendly
1995-08-06	0–3	Japan home	Friendly