Argentina v 
Costa Rica
- Over 1.5
- 92%
- Over 2.5
- 78%
- Over 3.5
- 59%
- Both score
- 55%
- Model pick
- Argentina 83%
- Likely score
- 3-0 10%
- Expected goals
- 3.27 – 0.84
Advised bets
No advised bet on this fixture. The available prices are close enough to our own numbers that there is nothing worth backing. Most fixtures end up here, and manufacturing a selection for every game is exactly how tipster records get destroyed.
Our probabilities against the market
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11 selections across the match result, Asian handicap, total goals, both teams to score and correct score, each with our probability and fair price beside the best price available and the gap between them. Published for everyone once the day is over.
A positive gap means our probability is higher than the price implies. That is information, not a recommendation: a pick is only published where the gap clears our bar after allowing for model error, and those appear above.
Argentina favoured against Costa Rica
Our model makes Argentina 83% to win this Friendlies fixture, with the draw at 11% and Costa Rica at 6%. The goal projection is 3.27 for Argentina against 0.84 for Costa Rica — a commanding edge to Argentina on expected output. A combined 4.10 goals points to a wide-open game that could get away from either side, which puts over 2.5 at 78% and both teams to score at 55%. The single most likely scoreline is 3-0 at 10%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. Argentina is a strong favourite here on the numbers, but a 17% chance of not winning is not a remote possibility — it is roughly a one-in-three shot. All figures come from a Dixon–Coles adjusted Poisson model fitted on recent results and expected goals. They are estimates, not forecasts of fact.
- Most likely scores
- 3-0 10%
- 2-0 9%
- 3-1 8%
- 4-0 8%
- 2-1 7%
This season
| Argentina | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Played | 3 |
| 7-0-0 | W-D-L | 1-1-1 |
| 3.00 | Pts / game | 1.33 |
| 3.71 | Goals for / game | 0.67 |
| 0.14 | Goals against / game | 1.33 |
| 86% | Over 2.5 | 67% |
| 14% | BTTS | 33% |
| 86% | Clean sheets | 33% |
| 0% | Failed to score | 67% |
| 7-0-0 | Home record | 1-0-0 |
| 0-0-0 | Away record | 0-1-1 |
| W7 | Streak | W1 |
2026 league matches only, computed from results on record. Argentina · Costa Rica
Full-match statistics, per game this season
Produced
| 17.7 | Shots | — |
|---|---|---|
| 8.7 | Shots on target | — |
| 7.0 | Corners | — |
| 0.00 | Cards | — |
| 7.3 | Fouls | — |
| 70 | Possession % | — |
| — | xG | — |
| 3 matches | sample | — |
Conceded
| 3.3 | Shots | — |
|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | Shots on target | — |
| 1.0 | Corners | — |
| 1.00 | Cards | — |
| 6.7 | Fouls | — |
| 30 | Possession % | — |
| — | xG | — |
| 3 matches | sample | — |
Form comparison
| Argentina | Metric | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| 3.20 (better) | Goals scored | 1.60 |
| 0.40 (better) | Goals conceded | 1.80 |
| 2.25 | Expected goals (xG) | |
| Big chances | ||
| 8.00 (better) | Shots on target | 3.80 |
| 16.80 (better) | Total shots | 11.60 |
| Touches in opp. box | ||
| 7.40 (better) | Corners | 3.00 |
| 61.6 (better) | Possession % | 46.4 |
| 664 (better) | Passes | 344 |
| Tackles | ||
| 14.20 (better) | Fouls | 15.40 |
| 2.40 | Offsides | 1.75 (better) |
| Throw-ins | ||
| 2.00 (better) | Yellow cards | 2.40 |
| 1.00 | Red cards | 0.00 (better) |
Big chances, Touches in opp. box, Throw-ins are not supplied by our current data provider (api-football). Rather than estimate them and present the estimate as a measurement, we show nothing.
Head to head
Full record →No previous meetings on record.