Head to head

Costa Rica vs Paraguay

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Costa Rica win / draw / Paraguay win

Costa Rica–Paraguay

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

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 50%

Costa Rica win / draw / Paraguay win

Costa Rica–Paraguay

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

Paraguay at home

20% / 23% / 58%

Costa Rica win / draw / Paraguay win

Costa Rica–Paraguay

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.3%
1–2 9.9%
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	Paraguay
Current Elo	1744	1901
Elo rank	51st	23rd
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1927 (2025)
Matches played	724	788
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	276W 210D 302L
Goals for	1238	1006
Goals against	858	1119
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	7–0 vs Hong Kong · 2010-11-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–8 vs Argentina · 1926-10-20 · Copa América
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.23

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 3W 2D 3L

Goals

5–6

Costa Rica first

First meeting

1–0

Costa Rica won · 1965-03-17 · Friendly

Most recent

2–1

Costa Rica won · 2024-07-02 · Copa América

Costa Rica's biggest win

2–1

2024-07-02 · Copa América

Paraguay's biggest win

2–0

2010-08-11 · Friendly

Most common result

2–1

Costa Rica first · twice, last 2024-07-02

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Costa Rica · since 2016-06-04

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-07-02	2–1	Neutral	Copa América
2016-06-04	0–0	Neutral	Copa América
2010-08-11	0–2	Paraguay home	Friendly
2004-07-08	0–1	Neutral	Copa América
2003-03-29	2–1	Costa Rica home	Friendly
2000-06-21	0–1	Paraguay home	Friendly
1965-03-19	0–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly
1965-03-17	1–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly