Panama vs Costa Rica Match Analysis and Prediction

Panama vs Costa Rica Match Analysis & Prediction

Panama

21/11/2023 5:00 am

Costa Rica

by Vincent

1 year ago 0 140

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Panama are in a solid position to return to the CONCACAF Nations League semi-finals for a second successive campaign when they welcome Costa Rica to Estadio Rommel Fernandez Gutierrez in a decisive second leg tie on Tuesday morning.

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Los Canaleros came away with a impressive 3-0 victory over the Costa Ricans on Friday, giving them a massive advantage heading to Panama City.

From the opening whistle on Friday, Panama appeared to be the superior side, going ahead after just four minutes and pouring it on from there, giving themselves a big cushion heading home.

Thomas Christiansen’s side are unbeaten in every Nations League match they have ever played in when leading at the half, winning five of those six matches.

It has been over 14 years since Panama suffered a defeat by at least three goals to a Central American side when the Costa Ricans beat them 3-0 at the 2009 Copa Centroamericana.

The opening game for Gustavo Alfaro as manager of Costa Rica could not have gone much worse, as his side are now in a huge hole entering this match.

Friday was the worst defeat for the national team in the history of this tournament, with Los Ticos having been outscored 7-1 in their previous two matches across all competitions.

Panama vs. Costa Rica Head to head

In the 52 previous meetings between these two teams, Panama have claimed 16 victories while Costa Rica have won 27, and they have drawn in nine. Costa Rica have scored 102 goals and conceded 46 in the process.

28/01/2022

Costa Rica

1

Panama

0

Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers
03/06/2022

Panama

2

Costa Rica

0

Concacaf Nations League
29/03/2023

Costa Rica

0

Panama

1

Concacaf Nations League
27/06/2023

Costa Rica

1

Panama

2

Concacaf Gold Cup
17/11/2023

Costa Rica

0

Panama

3

Concacaf Nations League

Panama Team News

Panama made two changes to their starting XI for the opening game of this quarter-final tie, with Anibal Godoy and Ismael Diaz coming into the side in place of Cristian Martinez and Eric Davis.

Michael Murillo, Jose Fajardo and Cecilio Waterman each scored on Friday, with Orlando Mosquera stopping the three shots that he faced for his second successive clean sheet.

Panama's Last 5 Matches

08/09/2023

Panama

3

Martinique

0

Concacaf Nations League
11/09/2023

Guatemala

1

Panama

1

Concacaf Nations League
14/10/2023

Curacao

1

Panama

2

Concacaf Nations League
18/10/2023

Panama

3

Guatemala

0

Concacaf Nations League
17/11/2023

Costa Rica

0

Panama

3

Concacaf Nations League

Costa Rica Team News

There was a different starting XI for Costa Rica on Friday from their previous game against the UAE, with Jefry Valverde, Joel Campbell, Jimmy Marin and Manfred Ugalde being the only ones to keep their places.

Kevin Chamorro has conceded nine goals in his last three matches in goal after Keylor Navas, who was not selected for this tie, was beaten four times in their friendly defeat to the UAE.