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Spain vs Costa Rica Prediction & Betting tips
Today from 16:00, in group E of the World Football Championship in Qatar, Spain will play against Costa Rica. Along with the two national teams in group E, there are also Germany and Japan, who will also face each other today from 13:00. Spain and Costa Rica meet today for the first time in an official match, until now there have been three previous confrontations, all friendlies. The first duel took place in 2011 and ended in a 2-2 draw, followed by the confrontations in 2015 when Spain won 2-1 and in 2017 when Spain won 5-0.
Spain:
Spain was part of group B in the preliminaries for the World Football Championship, where it took first place, in a group that also included Sweden, Greece, Georgia and Kosovo. And in the UEFA Nations League, Spain had a good course, even if it was part of a difficult group, with Portugal, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, but despite all this, it also finished in first place in the group, having only one defeat in the six games, 1-2 at home with Switzerland. Before this World Cup, Spain played only one friendly match, against Iraq, which they won 3-1 away.
Costa Rica:
On the other hand, Costa Rica took the 4th place in the qualification group for the World Football Championship in Qatar, after Canada, Mexico and the USA and ended the preliminaries with four consecutive victories. Costa Rica qualified for the final tournament in Qatar after winning the play-off match against New Zealand, score 1-0, the only goal being scored by Joel Campbell in the 3rd minute. Costa Rica played three friendly matches before this tournament final, recording a draw, 2-2 with South Korea and two victories, 2-1 with Uzbekistan and 2-0 with Nigeria.
Spain vs Costa Rica head to head matches
11.11.17 FI Spain vs Costa Rica 5:0
11.06.15 FI Spain vs Costa Rica 2:1
15.11.11 FI Costa Rica vs Spain 2:2
* Our advice is: OVER 2.5 GOALS
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.65
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