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Head to head

Costa Rica vs North Korea

If they played today

Costa Rica at home
65% / 21% / 15%
Costa Rica win / draw / North Korea win
Costa Rica–North Korea
  • 1–0 11.8%
  • 2–0 11.8%
  • 1–1 9.8%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 3–0 7.8%
Neutral venue
57% / 23% / 20%
Costa Rica win / draw / North Korea win
Costa Rica–North Korea
  • 1–0 11.3%
  • 1–1 10.9%
  • 2–0 10.2%
  • 2–1 9.8%
  • 0–0 6.3%
North Korea at home
49% / 25% / 26%
Costa Rica win / draw / North Korea win
Costa Rica–North Korea
  • 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 RicaNorth Korea
Current Elo17441494
Elo rank51st114th
Peak Elo1940 (2017)1779 (1980)
Matches played724390
All-time record316W 178D 230L162W 106D 122L
Goals for1238628
Goals against858435
Biggest win12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship
Biggest loss0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.050.03

When they've met

Costa Rica and North Korea have never played each other.