Head to head

Costa Rica vs Wales

If they played today

Costa Rica at home

45% / 26% / 29%

Costa Rica win / draw / Wales win

Costa Rica–Wales

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.4%
2–1 9.1%
0–1 8.1%
2–0 7.8%

Neutral venue

37% / 26% / 37%

Costa Rica win / draw / Wales win

Costa Rica–Wales

1–1 12.6%
1–0 9.7%
0–1 9.6%
2–1 8.2%
1–2 8.1%

Wales at home

30% / 26% / 45%

Costa Rica win / draw / Wales win

Costa Rica–Wales

1–1 12.2%
0–1 10.4%
1–2 9.1%
1–0 8.1%
0–2 7.8%

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	Wales
Current Elo	1744	1743
Elo rank	51st	52nd
Peak Elo	1940 (2017)	1904 (2021)
Matches played	724	726
All-time record	316W 178D 230L	234W 165D 327L
Goals for	1238	910
Goals against	858	1160
Biggest win	12–0 vs Puerto Rico · 1946-12-10 · Central American and Caribbean Games	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1888-03-03 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Spain · 2022-11-23 · FIFA World Cup	0–9 vs Scotland · 1878-03-23 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.05	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Costa Rica 1W 0D 1L

Goals

1–1

Costa Rica first

First meeting

0–1

Wales won · 1990-05-20 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Costa Rica won · 2012-02-29 · Friendly

Costa Rica's biggest win

1–0

2012-02-29 · Friendly

Wales' biggest win

1–0

1990-05-20 · Friendly

Current run

Won the last meeting

Costa Rica · since 2012-02-29

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2012-02-29	1–0	Wales home	Friendly
1990-05-20	0–1	Wales home	Friendly