Head to head

Costa Rica vs Sweden

If they played today

Costa Rica at home
41% / 26% / 33%
Costa Rica win / draw / Sweden win
Costa Rica–Sweden
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 1–0 10.0%
  • 0–1 8.9%
  • 2–1 8.7%
  • 1–2 7.7%
Neutral venue
33% / 26% / 41%
Costa Rica win / draw / Sweden win
Costa Rica–Sweden
  • 1–1 12.4%
  • 0–1 10.1%
  • 1–0 8.8%
  • 1–2 8.7%
  • 2–1 7.6%
Sweden at home
26% / 25% / 49%
Costa Rica win / draw / Sweden win
Costa Rica–Sweden
  • 1–1 11.8%
  • 0–1 10.8%
  • 1–2 9.5%
  • 0–2 8.6%
  • 1–0 7.4%

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 RicaSweden
Current Elo17441797
Elo rank51st41st
Peak Elo1940 (2017)1955 (2018)
Matches played7241105
All-time record316W 178D 230L542W 234D 329L
Goals for12382178
Goals against8581431
Biggest win12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games12–0 vs Latvia · 1927-05-29 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup0–10 vs Denmark · 1913-10-05 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.050.52

When they've met

Meetings
2
Costa Rica 1W 0D 1L
Goals
2–2
Costa Rica first
First meeting
2–1
Costa Rica won · 1990-06-20 · FIFA World Cup
Most recent
0–1
Sweden won · 2008-01-13 · Friendly
Costa Rica's biggest win
2–1
1990-06-20 · FIFA World Cup
Sweden's biggest win
1–0
2008-01-13 · Friendly
Current run
Won the last meeting
Sweden · since 2008-01-13
2 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2008-01-130–1Costa Rica homeFriendly
1990-06-202–1NeutralFIFA World Cup