Head to head

Costa Rica vs Venezuela

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

38% / 26% / 35%

Costa Rica win / draw / Venezuela win

Costa Rica–Venezuela

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.8%
0–1 9.3%
2–1 8.4%
1–2 8.0%

Neutral venue

31% / 26% / 43%

Costa Rica win / draw / Venezuela win

Costa Rica–Venezuela

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

Venezuela at home

24% / 24% / 51%

Costa Rica win / draw / Venezuela win

Costa Rica–Venezuela

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

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	Venezuela
Current Elo	1744	1823
Elo rank	51st	36th
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1915 (2024)
Matches played	724	460
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	117W 101D 242L
Goals for	1238	483
Goals against	858	856
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	6–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-20 · Central American and Caribbean Games
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–11 vs Argentina · 1975-08-10 · Copa América
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 6W 2D 1L

Goals

21–13

Costa Rica first

First meeting

3–0

Costa Rica won · 1938-02-20 · Central American and Caribbean Games

Most recent

2–1

Costa Rica won · 2016-05-28 · Friendly

Costa Rica's biggest win

5–2

1997-02-19 · Friendly

Venezuela's biggest win

5–1

2000-08-10 · Friendly

Current run

Unbeaten in 5

Costa Rica · since 2009-05-13

9 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-05-28	2–1	Costa Rica home	Friendly
2011-12-22	2–0	Venezuela home	Friendly
2011-02-09	2–2	Venezuela home	Friendly
2009-06-27	1–0	Costa Rica home	Friendly
2009-05-13	1–1	Venezuela home	Friendly
2000-08-10	1–5	Costa Rica home	Friendly
1997-02-19	5–2	Costa Rica home	Friendly
1946-12-14	4–2	Neutral	Central American and Caribbean Games
1938-02-20	3–0	Neutral	Central American and Caribbean Games