Head to head

Costa Rica vs South Africa

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

49% / 25% / 26%

Costa Rica win / draw / South Africa win

Costa Rica–South Africa

1–1 11.8%
1–0 10.8%
2–1 9.5%
2–0 8.6%
0–1 7.4%

Neutral venue

41% / 26% / 33%

Costa Rica win / draw / South Africa win

Costa Rica–South Africa

1–1 12.4%
1–0 10.1%
0–1 8.9%
2–1 8.7%
1–2 7.6%

South Africa at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Costa Rica win / draw / South Africa win

Costa Rica–South Africa

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 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	South Africa
Current Elo	1744	1694
Elo rank	51st	66th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	724	484
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1238	652
Goals against	858	458
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 0W 0D 1L

Goals

1–2

Costa Rica first

First meeting

1–2

South Africa won · 2003-10-11 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

South Africa won · 2003-10-11 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2003-10-11	1–2	South Africa home	Friendly