Predicted Edge

Ecuador v Costa Rica

Ecuador won 1 of the last 4Costa Rica won 1 of the last 3
Over 1.5
78%
Over 2.5
54%
Over 3.5
31%
Both score
56%
Model pick
Ecuador 49%
Likely score
1-1 12%
Expected goals
1.67 – 1.16

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.

Ecuador favoured against Costa Rica

Our model makes Ecuador 49% to win this Friendlies fixture, with the draw at 25% and Costa Rica at 26%. The goal projection is 1.67 for Ecuador against 1.16 for Costa Rica — a substantial edge to Ecuador on expected output. A combined 2.83 goals points to an open game around the league average, which puts over 2.5 at 54% and both teams to score at 56%. The single most likely scoreline is 1-1 at 12%, though no individual scoreline is ever likely in absolute terms — that is the nature of a low-scoring sport. This sits in the awkward middle of the distribution, where the model has a view but not a strong one. 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
1-1 12%
2-1 10%
1-0 9%
2-0 8%
1-2 7%

This season

Season records for Ecuador and Costa Rica
Ecuador Costa Rica
4Played3
1-1-2W-D-L1-1-1
1.00Pts / game1.33
0.50Goals for / game0.67
1.00Goals against / game1.33
25%Over 2.567%
25%BTTS33%
25%Clean sheets33%
75%Failed to score67%
1-1-0Home record1-0-0
0-0-2Away record0-1-1
L1StreakW1

2026 league matches only, computed from results on record. Ecuador · Costa Rica

Full-match statistics, per game this season

Produced

Season per-match averages, produced
10.0Shots—
3.0Shots on target—
5.0Corners—
5.00Cards—
20.0Fouls—
41Possession %—
—xG—
1 matchessample—

Conceded

Season per-match averages, conceded
11.0Shots—
5.0Shots on target—
2.0Corners—
4.00Cards—
17.0Fouls—
59Possession %—
—xG—
1 matchessample—

Form comparison

Per-match averages over the last 5 matches (5 in sample), captured when this prediction was published and never recomputed since.
EcuadorMetricCosta Rica
0.60Goals scored1.60 (better)
1.40 (better)Goals conceded1.80
1.00Expected goals (xG)
Big chances
2.60Shots on target4.00 (better)
8.80Total shots11.60 (better)
Touches in opp. box
5.40 (better)Corners3.00
48.8 (better)Possession %46.4
429 (better)Passes344
Tackles
14.00 (better)Fouls15.40
1.00 (better)Offsides1.75
Throw-ins
2.60Yellow cards2.40 (better)
0.33Red cards0.00 (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.