Head to head

Costa Rica vs Scotland

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

39% / 26% / 35%

Costa Rica win / draw / Scotland win

Costa Rica–Scotland

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.2%
2–1 8.5%
1–2 7.9%

Neutral venue

32% / 26% / 43%

Costa Rica win / draw / Scotland win

Costa Rica–Scotland

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.5%
2–1 7.4%

Scotland at home

25% / 25% / 51%

Costa Rica win / draw / Scotland win

Costa Rica–Scotland

1–1 11.7%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 8.9%
1–0 7.1%

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	Scotland
Current Elo	1744	1815
Elo rank	51st	37th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1875 (2023)
Matches played	724	854
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	403W 182D 269L
Goals for	1238	1455
Goals against	858	1054
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.21

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 2W 0D 0L

Goals

2–0

Costa Rica first

First meeting

1–0

Costa Rica won · 1990-06-11 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

1–0

Costa Rica won · 2018-03-23 · Friendly

Costa Rica's biggest win

1–0

2018-03-23 · Friendly

Scotland's biggest win

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Never beaten Costa Rica

Most common result

1–0

Costa Rica first · twice, last 2018-03-23

Current run

Won last 2

Costa Rica · since 1990-06-11

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2018-03-23	1–0	Scotland home	Friendly
1990-06-11	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup