Costa Rica
0 - 1
Panama

FT(HT: 0-0)

Fajardo (66' pen., 66' pen.)
Fajardo (18'), Fajardo (18'), Carrasquilla (41'), Carrasquilla (41'), Mosquera (79'), Mosquera (79'), Cordoba (85'), Cordoba (85')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's CONCACAF Nations League clash between Costa Rica and Panama, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Costa Rica

All competitions

CONCACAF Nations League

Last Game: Costa Rica 3-0 Guatemala
Wednesday, October 16 at 1am in CONCACAF Nations League

Current Group D Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Colombia	3	4	7
2	Brazil	3	3	5
3	Costa Rica	3	-2	4
4	Paraguay	3	-5	0

Panama

All competitions

Last Game: Canada 2-1 Panama
Wednesday, October 16 at 12.30am in International Friendlies

Current Group C Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Uruguay	3	8	9
2	Panama	3	1	6
3	USA	3	0	3
4	Bolivia	3	-9	0

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Costa Rica win with a probability of 45.49%. A win for Panama had a probability of 30.1% and a draw had a probability of 24.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Costa Rica win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.98%) and 2-0 (7.27%). The likeliest Panama win was 1-2 (7.28%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.43%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 7.1% likelihood.

Result
Costa Rica	Draw	Panama
45.49% ( -0.01)	24.41% ( 0)	30.1% ( 0.01)

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Liverpool	38	25	9	4	86	41	45	84
2	Arsenal	38	20	14	4	69	34	35	74
3	Manchester City Man City	38	21	8	9	72	44	28	71
4	Chelsea	38	20	9	9	64	43	21	69
5	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	20	6	12	68	47	21	66
6	Aston Villa	38	19	9	10	58	51	7	66
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	19	8	11	58	46	12	65
8	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	16	13	9	66	59	7	61
9	Bournemouth	38	15	11	12	58	46	12	56
10	Brentford	38	16	8	14	66	57	9	56
11	Fulham	38	15	9	14	54	54	0	54
12	Crystal Palace	38	13	14	11	51	51	0	53
13	Everton	38	11	15	12	42	44	-2	48
14	West Ham United West Ham	38	11	10	17	46	62	-16	43
15	Manchester United Man Utd	38	11	9	18	44	54	-10	42
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	12	6	20	54	69	-15	42
17	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	11	5	22	64	65	-1	38
R	Leicester City Leicester	38	6	7	25	33	80	-47	25
R	Ipswich Town Ipswich	38	4	10	24	36	82	-46	22
R	Southampton	38	2	6	30	26	86	-60	12
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Costa Rica	Draw	Panama
2-1 @ 9.25% ( -0) 1-0 @ 8.98% ( 0) 2-0 @ 7.27% 3-1 @ 4.99% ( -0) 3-0 @ 3.92% ( -0) 3-2 @ 3.18% ( -0) 4-1 @ 2.02% ( -0) 4-0 @ 1.59% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.29% ( -0) Other @ 3% Total : 45.49%	1-1 @ 11.43% 2-2 @ 5.89% ( -0) 0-0 @ 5.55% ( 0) 3-3 @ 1.35% Other @ 0.19% Total : 24.41%	1-2 @ 7.28% ( 0) 0-1 @ 7.07% ( 0) 0-2 @ 4.5% ( 0) 1-3 @ 3.09% 2-3 @ 2.5% ( -0) 0-3 @ 1.91% ( 0) 1-4 @ 0.98% Other @ 2.79% Total : 30.1%

Costa Rica0 - 1Panama