Head to head

Costa Rica vs Switzerland

If they played today

Costa Rica at home
25% / 25% / 50%
Costa Rica win / draw / Switzerland win
Costa Rica–Switzerland
  • 1–1 11.7%
  • 0–1 10.8%
  • 1–2 9.5%
  • 0–2 8.8%
  • 1–0 7.2%
Neutral venue
19% / 23% / 58%
Costa Rica win / draw / Switzerland win
Costa Rica–Switzerland
  • 0–1 11.4%
  • 1–1 10.8%
  • 0–2 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–3 6.3%
Switzerland at home
14% / 20% / 66%
Costa Rica win / draw / Switzerland win
Costa Rica–Switzerland
  • 0–2 12.0%
  • 0–1 11.8%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 1–1 9.6%
  • 0–3 8.1%

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 RicaSwitzerland
Current Elo17442007
Elo rank51st13th
Peak Elo1940 (2017)2028 (2026)
Matches played724890
All-time record316W 178D 230L319W 206D 365L
Goals for12381330
Goals against8581451
Biggest win12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games9–0 vs Lithuania · 1924-05-25 · Olympic Games
Biggest loss0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup0–9 vs Hungary · 1911-10-29 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.050.22

When they've met

Meetings
3
Costa Rica 1W 1D 1L
Goals
3–4
Costa Rica first
First meeting
0–2
Switzerland won · 2006-09-06 · Friendly
Most recent
2–2
Drawn · 2018-06-27 · FIFA World Cup
Costa Rica's biggest win
1–0
2010-06-01 · Friendly
Switzerland's biggest win
2–0
2006-09-06 · Friendly
Current run
Unbeaten in 2
Costa Rica · since 2010-06-01
3 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2018-06-272–2NeutralFIFA World Cup
2010-06-011–0Switzerland homeFriendly
2006-09-060–2Switzerland homeFriendly