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Costa Rica vs Serbia, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE

FIFA World Cup · 2018
Costa Rica
0 – 1
Full Time
Serbia
Sun 17 Jun 2018 · 12:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Francisco Calvo 22' Y
David Guzman 56' Y
Y 59' Branislav Ivanovic
Y 90' Aleksandar Prijovic

Overview

Match Preview

Costa Rica vs Serbia — Worldcup .

Match Details

  • Referee Clement Turpin
  • Referee Cyril Gringore
  • Referee Tikhon Kalugin
  • Referee Artur Soares Dias
  • Referee Pawel Gil
  • Referee Malang Diedhiou
  • Referee Djibril Camara
  • Referee El Hadji Malick Samba
  • Referee Bamlak Tessema
16 games this season 🟨 1.7/game ⚽ 5.4 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curaçao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
Costa Rica 1 games · Avg 1.0 goals Serbia
Last 5 meetings
2018-06-17 Costa Rica 0–1 Serbia

Recent Form

Costa Rica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Jun Serbia H 0–1 L
21 Aug SC Rot-Weiss Oberhausen H 0–6 L
Serbia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Jun Costa Rica A 1–0 W
14 Mar Bayer 04 Leverkusen H 0–3 L
08 Feb Vitória SC H 2–0 W
25 Oct SV Drochtersen/Assel H 2–2 D
21 Aug Wroxham FC H 2–1 W

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at !
  • 5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 10' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 15' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 20' Costa Rica seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 22' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Francisco Calvo.
  • 27' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 32' Costa Rica are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Serbia backline.
  • 37' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Costa Rica and Serbia are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 42' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Costa Rica needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 47' Sergej Milinkovic-Savic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 52' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 56' Aleksandar Kolarov makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Serbia are in front.
  • 56' Costa Rica receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 56.
  • 59' Branislav Ivanovic picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 60' The Costa Rica bench stirs into life. Johan Venegas is withdrawn and Cristian Bolanos gets his opportunity.
  • 65' Oscar Duarte has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 66' Fresh legs for Costa Rica! Joel Campbell comes on to replace Marcos Urena.
  • 70' Adem Ljajic makes way for Filip Kostic at the 70 minute mark. A tactical switch from Serbia.
  • 73' A tactical swap from Costa Rica — Daniel Colindres on, David Guzman off on 73 minutes.
  • 78' It is a cagey affair so far. Costa Rica in their trying to find a way past Serbia's compact .
  • 82' Dusan Tadic makes way for Antonio Rukavina at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from Serbia.
  • 87' Serbia fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 89' Aleksandar Prijovic is ready to make an impact after coming on for Aleksandar Mitrovic at the 89 minute mark.
  • 90' A moment of madness from Aleksandar Prijovic on 90 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Serbia will be frustrated.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Serbia players.

Lineups

Costa Rica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Oscar Ramirez

Serbia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mladen Krstajic

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
0.65 Costa Rica xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.42 Serbia xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 66% + Under — clean sheet likely 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Costa Rica21% Draw30% Serbia49%
Actual: Serbia win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes37% 0% No63%
Avg goals/match: 2.07
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 85%
15%
± 1.5 61%
39%
± 2.5 34%
66%
± 3.5 16%
84%
± 4.5 7%
93%

Double Chance

Costa Rica or Draw
51%
Draw or Serbia
79%
Costa Rica or Serbia
70%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Costa Rica12% Draw52% Serbia36%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
14.9%
1 – 1
12.4%
0 – 2
12.3%
1 – 2
8.1%
1 – 0
7%
0 – 3
5.7%
1 – 3
3.9%
2 – 1
3.6%
2 – 2
2.7%
2 – 0
2.5%
0 – 4
2%

Asian Handicap — Costa Rica

Handicap Costa Rica covers Push Serbia covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 3% 96%
-1.5 4% — 96%
-1 4% 11% 85%
-0.5 15% — 85%
+0.5 46% — 54%
+1 46% 27% 28%
+1.5 72% — 28%
+2 72% 17% 11%
+2.5 89% — 11%

Clean Sheet

Costa Rica keeps clean sheet
25% ✓
Serbia keeps clean sheet
53% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.