Head to head

Costa Rica vs Russia

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

37% / 26% / 37%

Costa Rica win / draw / Russia win

Costa Rica–Russia

1–1 12.6%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.6%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.1%

Neutral venue

29% / 26% / 45%

Costa Rica win / draw / Russia win

Costa Rica–Russia

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.1%
0–2 7.8%

Russia at home

23% / 24% / 53%

Costa Rica win / draw / Russia win

Costa Rica–Russia

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.4%
1–0 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 Rica	Russia
Current Elo	1744	1845
Elo rank	51st	31st
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1970 (1983)
Matches played	724	749
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	385W 197D 167L
Goals for	1238	1301
Goals against	858	735
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.73

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 1W 0D 1L

Goals

5–5

Costa Rica first

First meeting

1–2

Russia won · 1990-02-22 · Marlboro Cup

Most recent

4–3

Costa Rica won · 2016-10-09 · Friendly

Costa Rica's biggest win

4–3

2016-10-09 · Friendly

Russia's biggest win

2–1

1990-02-22 · Marlboro Cup

Current run

Won the last meeting

Costa Rica · since 2016-10-09

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-10-09	4–3	Russia home	Friendly
1990-02-22	1–2	Neutral	Marlboro Cup