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England vs Costa Rica Prediction & Betting tips
One more week, then it starts! The major sporting event of the year starts with the Football World Cup in Russia. The participating teams contest their last endurance tests. We look at the friendly match between England and Costa Rica. For the English it is the last test match before it gets serious. The Central Americans will perform after this game yet another game against the secret favorites Belgium. While Costa Rica is a clear outsider in the tournament, it remains to be seen whether the Englishman finally succeed in delivering at a major event. Kick off in Leeds is at 21 clock.
England:
The English are certainly not one of the top favorites for the title this year. Too disappointing were the appearances of the Three Lions at the last major events. At the last World Cup in Brazil they retired after the preliminary round. It was not much better at the European Championship two years ago. In the second round they failed at the football dwarf Iceland. The qualifying group F won the English sovereign ahead of Slovakia and Scotland. In the ten games they remained with eight wins and two draws without a defeat. This makes the fans cautiously optimistic that they also have some victories to celebrate in the final tournament. In addition to Belgium, the team of Gareth Southgate is certainly the favorite to win the group.
The other opponents Panama and Tunisia are likely to grant only outsider opportunities. The friendly against Nigeria last Saturday was won 2-1. Cahill and Kane were the scorers of the team from the British Isle. Harry Kane was also the most successful English scorer in the qualifying phase with five goals. Overall, they have been without defeat for nine games. The last bankruptcy set it a year ago at 2: 3 in France. The English have no true superstar in their ranks this year. It is all the more important that they appear as a team in the tournament. Then they are certainly good for one or the other surprise.
Costa Rica:
Costa Rica will participate in a World Cup for the fifth time this year. They were there four years ago in Brazil and surprisingly won Group D. They prevail against Uruguay, Italy and England and sent the two Europeans after the first round home. After the victory on penalties in the round of 16 against Greece then came in the quarter-final against the Netherlands, also on penalties, the Aus. For the World Cup in Russia, the team of coach Oscar Ramirez qualified by second behind Mexico in the North & Central America Qualifying Group. Of the ten qualifiers, they were able to win four and draw four times.
They scored only 14 goals in these games, but also received only eight goals. Thus, in the games of Costa Rica probably no door spectacles are expected. This year they have completed three test matches so far. In Scotland, they won 1-0. Then there was a 0-1 defeat against Tunisia. Last Sunday, they finally won against Northern Ireland 3-0. For this year’s final tournament, they go into the race as a blatant outsider. It would be a big surprise if they could prevail in Group E against Brazil, Switzerland and Serbia. Best scorer in the team of coach Ramirez is Marcos Urena, who scored three goals in qualifying.
England vs Costa Rica head to head matches
24.06.14 WC Costa Rica England 0 : 0