Head to head

Costa Rica vs United Arab Emirates

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

51% / 24% / 24%

Costa Rica win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Costa Rica–United Arab Emirates

1–1 11.6%
1–0 10.9%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.0%
0–1 7.0%

Neutral venue

43% / 26% / 31%

Costa Rica win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Costa Rica–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.3%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 8.9%
0–1 8.4%
2–0 7.5%

United Arab Emirates at home

35% / 26% / 39%

Costa Rica win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Costa Rica–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.8%
1–0 9.3%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 7.9%

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	United Arab Emirates
Current Elo	1744	1666
Elo rank	51st	74th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1783 (2015)
Matches played	724	612
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	246W 152D 214L
Goals for	1238	867
Goals against	858	760
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	12–0 vs Brunei · 2001-04-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–8 vs Brazil · 2005-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 0W 0D 1L

Goals

1–4

Costa Rica first

First meeting

1–4

United Arab Emirates won · 2023-09-12 · Friendly

Most recent

1–4

United Arab Emirates won · 2023-09-12 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-09-12	1–4	Neutral	Friendly