Head to head

Costa Rica vs Malaysia

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

68% / 19% / 12%

Costa Rica win / draw / Malaysia win

Costa Rica–Malaysia

2–0 12.6%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
3–0 8.8%

Neutral venue

61% / 22% / 17%

Costa Rica win / draw / Malaysia win

Costa Rica–Malaysia

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.0%

Malaysia at home

53% / 24% / 23%

Costa Rica win / draw / Malaysia win

Costa Rica–Malaysia

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.1%
2–1 9.7%
2–0 9.4%
0–1 6.7%

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	Malaysia
Current Elo	1744	1441
Elo rank	51st	135th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1641 (1977)
Matches played	724	841
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	330W 192D 319L
Goals for	1238	1370
Goals against	858	1218
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	15–1 vs Philippines · 1962-08-26 · Asian Games
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–10 vs United Arab Emirates · 2015-09-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.00

When they've met

Costa Rica and Malaysia have never played each other.