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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 🟨 1.9/game ⚽ 7.6 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 Curacao 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' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' It looks surprising Serbia does not make any changes. Giancarlo Gonzalez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' Costa Rica is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 22' Costa Rica player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 27' Bryan Ruiz has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 32' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 37' 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.
  • 42' The travelling Serbia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 47' Costa Rica started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 47.
  • 52' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 56' Serbia is taking the lead after the goal scored by Aleksandar Kolarov on 56.
  • 56' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for David Guzman.
  • 59' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Branislav Ivanovic.
  • 60' The supporters are chanting for Cristian Bolanos. He replaces Johan Venegas on 60 minute.
  • 65' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 65 minutes.
  • 66' The supporters are chanting for Joel Campbell. He replaces Marcos Urena on 66 minute.
  • 70' Another change for Serbia made on 70 minute. Adem Ljajic leaves to be changed by Filip Kostic.
  • 73' The supporters are chanting for Daniel Colindres. He replaces David Guzman on 73 minute.
  • 78' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 82' Another change for Serbia made on 82 minute. Dusan Tadic leaves to be changed by Antonio Rukavina.
  • 87' Costa Rica is showing some good football. However, Costa Rica are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 89' Another substitution for Serbia to replace Aleksandar Mitrovic by Aleksandar Prijovic on 89 minute.
  • 90' Serbia receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
  • Full Time. Serbia beats Costa Rica

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.