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Head to head

Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea

If they played today

Costa Rica at home
68% / 19% / 12%
Costa Rica win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Costa Rica–Papua New Guinea
  • 2–0 12.6%
  • 1–0 11.9%
  • 2–1 9.6%
  • 1–1 9.1%
  • 3–0 8.8%
Neutral venue
61% / 22% / 17%
Costa Rica win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Costa Rica–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–0 11.6%
  • 2–0 11.0%
  • 1–1 10.4%
  • 2–1 9.9%
  • 3–0 7.0%
Papua New Guinea at home
53% / 24% / 23%
Costa Rica win / draw / Papua New Guinea win
Costa Rica–Papua New Guinea
  • 1–1 11.4%
  • 1–0 11.1%
  • 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 RicaPapua New Guinea
Current Elo17441443
Elo rank51st133rd
Peak Elo1940 (2017)1553 (1989)
Matches played724155
All-time record316W 178D 230L52W 29D 74L
Goals for1238336
Goals against858312
Biggest win12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games20–0 vs American Samoa · 1987-12-15 · South Pacific Games
Biggest loss0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup0–10 vs Malaysia · 2023-06-20 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.050.00

When they've met

Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea have never played each other.