Head to head

Costa Rica vs South Korea

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

37% / 26% / 37%

Costa Rica win / draw / South Korea win

Costa Rica–South Korea

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.6%
2–1 8.2%
1–2 8.1%

Neutral venue

30% / 26% / 45%

Costa Rica win / draw / South Korea win

Costa Rica–South Korea

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

South Korea at home

23% / 24% / 53%

Costa Rica win / draw / South Korea win

Costa Rica–South Korea

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.0%
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	South Korea
Current Elo	1744	1842
Elo rank	51st	33rd
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1940 (1980)
Matches played	724	1010
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	539W 252D 219L
Goals for	1238	1794
Goals against	858	917
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	16–0 vs Nepal · 2003-09-29 · AFC Asian Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–9 vs Hungary · 1954-06-17 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.19

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 3W 3D 4L

Goals

12–13

Costa Rica first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1983-08-09 · Friendly

Most recent

2–2

Drawn · 2022-09-23 · Friendly

Costa Rica's biggest win

3–1

2014-10-14 · Friendly

South Korea's biggest win

2–0

2018-09-07 · Friendly

Most common result

2–2

Costa Rica first · twice, last 2022-09-23

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

South Korea · since 2018-09-07

10 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-09-23	2–2	South Korea home	Friendly
2018-09-07	0–2	South Korea home	Friendly
2014-10-14	3–1	South Korea home	Friendly
2014-01-25	0–1	Neutral	Friendly
2006-02-11	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
2002-04-21	0–2	South Korea home	Friendly
2002-01-30	3–1	Neutral	Gold Cup
2000-02-17	2–2	Neutral	Gold Cup
1995-06-05	0–1	South Korea home	Korea Cup
1983-08-09	1–1	Costa Rica home	Friendly