Head to head

Costa Rica vs Mauritania

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

68% / 19% / 13%

Costa Rica win / draw / Mauritania win

Costa Rica–Mauritania

2–0 12.5%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.2%
3–0 8.8%

Neutral venue

61% / 22% / 17%

Costa Rica win / draw / Mauritania win

Costa Rica–Mauritania

1–0 11.5%
2–0 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.9%

Mauritania at home

53% / 24% / 23%

Costa Rica win / draw / Mauritania win

Costa Rica–Mauritania

1–1 11.4%
1–0 11.0%
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	Mauritania
Current Elo	1744	1445
Elo rank	51st	132nd
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1530 (2023)
Matches played	724	273
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	52W 71D 150L
Goals for	1238	198
Goals against	858	434
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	8–2 vs Somalia · 2006-12-27 · Arab Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–7 vs Congo · 1963-04-16 · African Friendship Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.00

When they've met

Costa Rica and Mauritania have never played each other.