Head to head

Costa Rica vs New Zealand

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

49% / 25% / 26%

Costa Rica win / draw / New Zealand win

Costa Rica–New Zealand

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.7%
0–1 7.3%

Neutral venue

41% / 26% / 33%

Costa Rica win / draw / New Zealand win

Costa Rica–New Zealand

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
0–1 8.8%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.6%

New Zealand at home

33% / 26% / 40%

Costa Rica win / draw / New Zealand win

Costa Rica–New Zealand

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

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	New Zealand
Current Elo	1744	1689
Elo rank	51st	68th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1825 (2025)
Matches played	724	419
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	172W 74D 173L
Goals for	1238	733
Goals against	858	634
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 2W 0D 0L

Goals

5–0

Costa Rica first

First meeting

4–0

Costa Rica won · 2007-03-24 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Costa Rica won · 2022-06-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Costa Rica's biggest win

4–0

2007-03-24 · Friendly

New Zealand's biggest win

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Never beaten Costa Rica

Current run

Won last 2

Costa Rica · since 2007-03-24

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-06-14	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2007-03-24	4–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly