Head to head

Costa Rica vs Saudi Arabia

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

48% / 25% / 27%

Costa Rica win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Costa Rica–Saudi Arabia

1–1 11.9%
1–0 10.7%
2–1 9.4%
2–0 8.4%
0–1 7.5%

Neutral venue

40% / 26% / 34%

Costa Rica win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Costa Rica–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.0%
0–1 9.0%
2–1 8.6%
1–2 7.8%

Saudi Arabia at home

32% / 26% / 42%

Costa Rica win / draw / Saudi Arabia win

Costa Rica–Saudi Arabia

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–2 8.8%
1–0 8.7%
2–1 7.5%

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	Saudi Arabia
Current Elo	1744	1705
Elo rank	51st	62nd
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1830 (2008)
Matches played	724	744
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	351W 172D 221L
Goals for	1238	1139
Goals against	858	782
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	10–0 vs Timor-Leste · 2015-11-17 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–8 vs Germany · 2002-06-01 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.04

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 4W 0D 1L

Goals

11–6

Costa Rica first

First meeting

2–1

Costa Rica won · 1993-09-23 · Friendly

Most recent

3–1

Costa Rica won · 2023-09-08 · Friendly

Costa Rica's biggest win

3–1

2023-09-08 · Friendly

Saudi Arabia's biggest win

3–2

1993-09-27 · Friendly

Most common result

3–1

Costa Rica first · twice, last 2023-09-08

Current run

Won last 3

Costa Rica · since 1994-12-17

5 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-09-08	3–1	Neutral	Friendly
1999-07-17	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
1994-12-17	3–1	Saudi Arabia home	Friendly
1993-09-27	2–3	Saudi Arabia home	Friendly
1993-09-23	2–1	Saudi Arabia home	Friendly