Head to head

Costa Rica vs Spain

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

9% / 17% / 74%

Costa Rica win / draw / Spain win

Costa Rica–Spain

0–2 13.8%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–1 8.0%

Neutral venue

6% / 14% / 80%

Costa Rica win / draw / Spain win

Costa Rica–Spain

0–2 15.3%
0–3 12.5%
0–1 12.4%
1–2 8.0%
0–4 7.7%

Spain at home

4% / 11% / 85%

Costa Rica win / draw / Spain win

Costa Rica–Spain

0–2 16.7%
0–3 14.8%
0–1 12.6%
0–4 9.8%
1–2 6.6%

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	Spain
Current Elo	1744	2324
Elo rank	51st	1st
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	2324 (2026)
Matches played	724	791
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	468W 183D 140L
Goals for	1238	1616
Goals against	858	704
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	13–0 vs Bulgaria · 1933-05-21 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	1–7 vs England · 1931-12-09 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	2
Expected World Cups	0.05	1.28

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 0W 1D 3L

Goals

3–16

Costa Rica first

First meeting

2–2

Drawn · 2011-11-15 · Friendly

Most recent

0–7

Spain won · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup

Costa Rica's biggest win

—

Never beaten Spain

Spain's biggest win

7–0

2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Unbeaten in 4

Spain · since 2011-11-15

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-11-23	0–7	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2017-11-11	0–5	Spain home	Friendly
2015-06-11	1–2	Spain home	Friendly
2011-11-15	2–2	Costa Rica home	Friendly