Costa Rica vs United States Match Analysis and Prediction

United States will be taking on Costa Rica on Thursday morning at Estadio National de Costa Rica in World Cup 2022 qualifying.

Costa Rica will need a big win and some help to make it into the top three, while the equation is much simpler for the USA, who can advance to their 10th World Cup with just one point.

Luis Fernando Suarez saw his side hang back and defend once again for most of their encounter against El Salvador on Sunday, but ended up winning 2-1 and placing themselves in a solid position to keep the possibility of a third successive trip to the finals alive.

Los Ticos come into their final game unbeaten in six straight qualifiers, five of which were victories, but will find themselves playing in an inter-confederation playoff, regardless of how this encounter ends up.

Costa Rica may lack creativity and quality in attack, though they can make up for it with impressive control on the backline and intelligent positional play.

With the weight of expectation on their side, the USA put together thier most impressive display in the Octagon to date, threshing Panama 5-1 in front of a harsh crowd in Orlando.

It was the ideal scenario for the United States, as they went into half time with a four-goal lead, allowing them to rest some of their start players heading into this fixture.

While they are not officially in the World Cup just yet, Gregg Berhalter and his men come into this encounter knowing that at worst they could drop into fourth, meaning that a trip to the finals would still be possible.

The Yanks will enter the contest cautiously optimistic, especially because they were in a similar situation four years ago, needing a point from their final encounter, only to lose 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago.

Costa Rica vs United States head to head

The two teams have previously met on 38 occasions in across all competitions, where USA have won 19 while Costa Rica have won 14, drawing in five. Costa Rica have scored 43 goals and conceded 50. In their last five meetings, USA have won four while Costa Rica have won once.

United States 0-2 Costa Rica 02/09/17

United States 2-0 Costa Rica 02/02/19

United States 1-0 Costa Rica 01/02/20

United States 4-0 Costa Rica 10/06/21

United States 2-1 Costa Rica 14/10/21

Costa Rica latest home form

Costa Rica have recently kept a good run of form at home, as they have been unbeaten in their five most recent matches. Their last home defeat came on September 6 2021 where they lost 1-0 to Mexico. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded three.

Costa Rica 1-1 Jamaica 09/09/21

Costa Rica 2-1 El Salvador 11/10/21

Costa Rica 2-1 Honduras 17/11/21

Costa Rica 1-0 Panama 28/01/22

Costa Rica 1-0 Canada 25/03/22

Costa Rica latest away form

Los Ticos have most recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their three most recent matches. Their last away defeat came on November 13 2021 when they lost 1-0 to Canada. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded four.

United States 2-1 Costa Rica 14/10/21

Canada 1-0 Costa Rica 13/11/21

Mexico 0-0 Costa Rica 31/01/22

Jamaica 0-1 Costa Rica 03/02/22

El Salvador 1-2 Costa Rica 28/03/22

United States latest home form

United States have been on a good run of form at home, and have been unbeaten in their ten most recent matches. In their last home game, they managed to defeat Panama 5-1 in the World Cup Qualifiers. In their last five matches, they have scored 12 goals and conceded only one.

United States 2-0 Mexico 13/11/21

United States 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina 19/12/21

United States 1-0 El Salvador 28/01/22

United States 3-0 Honduras 03/02/22

United States 5-1 Panama 28/03/22

United States latest away form

The Yanks have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won only one of their five most recent matches. In their last away game, they drew 0-0 with Mexico in the Wolrd Cup Qualifiers. In their last five, they have scored five goals and conceded five.

Honduras 1-4 United States 09/09/21

Panama 1-0 United States 11/10/21

Jamaica 1-1 United States 17/11/21

Canada 2-0 United States 30/01/22

Mexico 0-0 United States 25/03/22

Costa Rica news

Joel Campbell scored his 23rd goal in Costa Rican shirt on Sunday, moving him into a tie for eighth all-time with Jorge Hernan Monge.

Anthony Contreras scored his first international goal for Costa Rica last weekend, while Ian Lawrence made his first career appearance, while Carlos Martinez also picked up his first cap.

United States news

Christian Pulisic scored a hat trick for the US in their victory over Panama, while Antonee Robinson had two assists and Jesus Ferreira scored his first goal of the qualifying campaign.

Kellyn Acosta made his 50th appearance for the US last weekend, while Jordan Morris played in his 45th match for the national team.

Prediction and odds

United States enter the match knowing that they could drop out of the top three, while Costa Ricans know that they are likely to be headed to the inter-confederation playoffs.

That said, we expect a number of changes with likely more important games coming, and there is a likelihood of a draw.

Odds: 2.20 2.05 2.30

Probable outcomes

Costa Rica 0-0 United States

Costa Rica 1-1 United States

Costa Rica 2-2 United States

Costa Rica 1-0 United States

Costa Rica 1-2 United States

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