Head to head

Costa Rica vs Nigeria

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

34% / 26% / 40%

Costa Rica win / draw / Nigeria win

Costa Rica–Nigeria

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 9.0%
1–2 8.6%
2–1 7.8%

Neutral venue

27% / 25% / 48%

Costa Rica win / draw / Nigeria win

Costa Rica–Nigeria

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.4%
1–0 7.5%

Nigeria at home

21% / 23% / 56%

Costa Rica win / draw / Nigeria win

Costa Rica–Nigeria

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.1%
0–2 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

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	Nigeria
Current Elo	1744	1883
Elo rank	51st	26th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	724	661
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	1238	1008
Goals against	858	662
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 1W 0D 0L

Goals

2–0

Costa Rica first

First meeting

2–0

Costa Rica won · 2022-11-09 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Costa Rica won · 2022-11-09 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-11-09	2–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly