Head to head

Costa Rica vs Nicaragua

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

65% / 21% / 15%

Costa Rica win / draw / Nicaragua win

Costa Rica–Nicaragua

2–0 11.8%
1–0 11.8%
2–1 9.8%
1–1 9.8%
3–0 7.9%

Neutral venue

57% / 23% / 20%

Costa Rica win / draw / Nicaragua win

Costa Rica–Nicaragua

1–0 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
2–0 10.2%
2–1 9.9%
0–0 6.3%

Nicaragua at home

49% / 25% / 26%

Costa Rica win / draw / Nicaragua win

Costa Rica–Nicaragua

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

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	Nicaragua
Current Elo	1744	1491
Elo rank	51st	115th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1539 (2024)
Matches played	724	222
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	51W 27D 144L
Goals for	1238	234
Goals against	858	534
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	7–0 vs Turks and Caicos Islands · 2021-03-27 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–10 vs Honduras · 1946-03-13 · CCCF Championship
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.00
CONCACAF Gold Cups won	3	0
Expected CONCACAF Gold Cups	3.67	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 17W 1D 0L

Goals

74–11

Costa Rica first

First meeting

7–2

Costa Rica won · 1941-05-10 · CCCF Championship

Most recent

4–1

Costa Rica won · 2025-10-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Costa Rica's biggest win

8–1

1951-02-25 · CCCF Championship

Nicaragua's biggest win

—

Never beaten Costa Rica

Most common result

2–0

Costa Rica first · 3 times, last 2013-01-20

Current run

Unbeaten in 18

Costa Rica · since 1941-05-10

18 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2025-10-13	4–1	Costa Rica home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2025-09-05	1–1	Nicaragua home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2019-06-16	4–0	Neutral	Gold Cup
2014-09-03	3–0	Neutral	UNCAF Cup
2013-01-20	2–0	Costa Rica home	UNCAF Cup
2007-01-11	2–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly
2004-06-04	5–1	Costa Rica home	Friendly
2003-02-15	1–0	Neutral	UNCAF Cup
1997-04-18	5–1	Neutral	UNCAF Cup
1993-02-19	2–0	Costa Rica home	UNCAF Cup
1993-02-16	6–0	Costa Rica home	UNCAF Cup
1953-03-17	3–0	Costa Rica home	CCCF Championship
1951-03-03	4–1	Neutral	CCCF Championship
1951-02-25	8–1	Neutral	CCCF Championship
1946-02-24	7–1	Costa Rica home	CCCF Championship
1943-12-12	3–2	Neutral	CCCF Championship
1943-12-05	7–0	Neutral	CCCF Championship
1941-05-10	7–2	Costa Rica home	CCCF Championship