Head to head

Costa Rica vs Poland

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

42% / 26% / 32%

Costa Rica win / draw / Poland win

Costa Rica–Poland

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.2%
2–1 8.8%
0–1 8.6%
1–2 7.5%

Neutral venue

34% / 26% / 40%

Costa Rica win / draw / Poland win

Costa Rica–Poland

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.1%
1–2 8.5%
2–1 7.8%

Poland at home

27% / 25% / 48%

Costa Rica win / draw / Poland win

Costa Rica–Poland

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.4%
1–0 7.6%

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	Poland
Current Elo	1744	1779
Elo rank	51st	44th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1937 (1975)
Matches played	724	892
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	384W 225D 283L
Goals for	1238	1499
Goals against	858	1201
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	10–0 vs San Marino · 2009-04-01 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–8 vs Denmark · 1948-06-26 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.24

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 0W 0D 3L

Goals

3–8

Costa Rica first

First meeting

2–4

Poland won · 1989-02-07 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

Poland won · 2006-06-20 · FIFA World Cup

Costa Rica's biggest win

—

Never beaten Poland

Poland's biggest win

4–2

1989-02-07 · Friendly

Current run

Won last 3

Poland · since 1989-02-07

3 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2006-06-20	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1990-05-06	0–2	Neutral	Marlboro Cup
1989-02-07	2–4	Costa Rica home	Friendly