Tuesday , 14 July 2026

Japan vs Costa Rica, Women World Cup 2023 GROUP STAGE

FIFA Women's World Cup · 2023
Japan
2 – 0
Full Time
Costa Rica
Wed 26 Jul 2023 · 05:00 UTC Forsyth Barr Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 86' Priscilla Chinchilla

Overview

Match Preview

Japan vs Costa Rica — Women World Cup at Forsyth Barr Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Maria Caputi (Italy)
  • Referee Jessica Di Iorio (Argentina)
18 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 3.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Head-to-Head

1
Japan 1 games · Avg 2.0 goals Costa Rica
Last 5 meetings
2023-07-26 Japan 2–0 Costa Rica

Recent Form

Japan
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Jul Costa Rica H 2–0 W
22 Jul Zambia A 5–0 W
Costa Rica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Jul Japan A 0–2 L
21 Jul Spain A 0–3 L

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
60% Clean Sheets
Japan this season
0% Clean Sheets
Costa Rica this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Japan
0-15
1/1
16-30
3/1
31-45
2/1
46-60
2/1
61-75
2/–
76+
4/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Costa Rica
0-15
–/1
16-30
1/4
31-45
–/1
46-60
1/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Japan
Hinata Miyazawa 5 G 1 A
Mina Tanaka 2 G 3 A
Riko Ueki 2 G 1 A
Jun Endo 1 G 2 A
Aoba Fujino 1 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Japan and Costa Rica has kicked off!
  • 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Japan winning 100% of all matches.
  • 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Japan needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 15' Fabiola Villalobos has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 3 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 20' It looks surprising Japan does not make any changes. Hina Sugita has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 25' Hikaru Naomoto puts Japan on the lead.
  • 27' Goal! Aoba Fujino scores his 1 goal in 5 matches.
  • 32' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 32 minutes.
  • 37' Japan 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.
  • 42' 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.
  • 46' Time for substitution for Costa Rica. Gabriela Guillen is replaced by Gloriana Villalobos.
  • 51' 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.
  • 56' 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.
  • 59' Another substitution for Japan to replace Aoba Fujino by Hinata Miyazawa on 59 minute.
  • 64' Raquel Rodriguez is replacing Cristin Granados for the Costa Rica side.
  • 69' Japan started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 69.
  • 74' The whistle greets Honoka Hayashi as he departs to be replaced by Fuka Nagano.
  • 76' The whistle greets Maria Salas as he departs to be replaced by Sheika Daleicha Scott Richardson.
  • 81' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Gabriela Guillen suffering a number of foals already.
  • 86' That looks like a foul for a card for Priscilla Chinchilla.
  • 90' Another change for Japan made on 90 minute. Risa Shimizu leaves to be changed by Miyabi Moriya.
  • With this win, Japan is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Japan Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Costa Rica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.76 Japan xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.53 Costa Rica xG
I would bet for: Under — clean sheet likely 65% + Japan to win 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Japan64% Draw24% Costa Rica12%
Actual: Japan win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes35% 0% No65%
Avg goals/match: 2.29
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 66%
34%
± 2.5 40%
60%
± 3.5 20%
80%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

Japan or Draw
88%
Draw or Costa Rica
36%
Japan or Costa Rica
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Japan45% Draw47% Costa Rica8%
Actual: Japan win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
17.2%
2 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
12.1%
1 – 1
10%
3 – 0
8.8%
2 – 1
8.1%
3 – 1
4.9%
0 – 1
4.4%
4 – 0
3.9%
1 – 2
2.3%
4 – 1
2.2%
2 – 2
2.2%

Asian Handicap — Japan

Handicap Japan covers Push Costa Rica covers
-2.5 19% — 81%
-2 19% 21% 61%
-1.5 39% — 61%
-1 39% 27% 34%
-0.5 66% — 34%
+0.5 91% — 9%
+1 91% 7% 2%
+1.5 98% — 2%
+2 98% 2% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

Japan keeps clean sheet
59% ✓
Costa Rica keeps clean sheet
18% ✓

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