Head to head

Costa Rica vs Uruguay

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

31% / 26% / 43%

Costa Rica win / draw / Uruguay win

Costa Rica–Uruguay

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.3%
1–2 9.0%
1–0 8.4%
0–2 7.5%

Neutral venue

24% / 24% / 51%

Costa Rica win / draw / Uruguay win

Costa Rica–Uruguay

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.1%
1–0 7.0%

Uruguay at home

18% / 22% / 59%

Costa Rica win / draw / Uruguay win

Costa Rica–Uruguay

0–1 11.5%
0–2 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 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	Uruguay
Current Elo	1744	1925
Elo rank	51st	18th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	2104 (2024)
Matches played	724	973
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	428W 242D 303L
Goals for	1238	1537
Goals against	858	1182
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	9–0 vs Bolivia · 1927-11-06 · Copa América
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–6 vs Argentina · 1902-07-20 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	2
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.84

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 1W 4D 6L

Goals

15–20

Costa Rica first

First meeting

0–2

Uruguay won · 1990-02-04 · Miami Cup

Most recent

0–0

Drawn · 2024-05-31 · Friendly

Costa Rica's biggest win

3–1

2014-06-14 · FIFA World Cup

Uruguay's biggest win

2–0

1990-02-04 · Miami Cup

Most common result

1–2

Costa Rica first · 3 times, last 2019-09-06

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Uruguay · since 2014-11-13

11 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-05-31	0–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly
2019-09-06	1–2	Costa Rica home	Friendly
2014-11-13	3–3	Uruguay home	Friendly
2014-06-14	3–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
2009-11-18	1–1	Uruguay home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2009-11-14	0–1	Costa Rica home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-07-22	1–2	Neutral	Copa América
2001-07-16	1–1	Neutral	Copa América
1999-08-18	4–5	Uruguay home	Friendly
1992-08-02	1–2	Uruguay home	Friendly
1990-02-04	0–2	Neutral	Miami Cup