Tuesday , 14 July 2026

Spain vs Costa Rica, Women World Cup 2023 GROUP STAGE

FIFA Women's World Cup · 2023
Spain
3 – 0
Full Time
Costa Rica
Fri 21 Jul 2023 · 07:30 UTC Wellington Regional Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Spain vs Costa Rica — Women World Cup at Wellington Regional Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Armando Villarreal
  • Referee Casey Reibelt
13 games this season 🟨 2.2/game ⚽ 6.6 goals/game

Head-to-Head

1
Spain 1 games · Avg 3.0 goals Costa Rica
Last 5 meetings
2023-07-21 Spain 3–0 Costa Rica

Recent Form

Spain
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Jul Costa Rica H 3–0 W
Costa Rica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
21 Jul Spain A 0–3 L

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
43% Clean Sheets
Spain this season
0% Clean Sheets
Costa Rica this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Spain
0-15
4/1
16-30
4/2
31-45
2/1
46-60
–/–
61-75
3/–
76+
5/3
■ 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)

Spain
Aitana Bonmati 3 G 2 A
Jenni Hermoso 3 G 2 A
Alba Redondo 3 G 1 A
Olga 2 G
Salma Paralluelo 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Spain and Costa Rica has kicked off!
  • 5' Cristin Granados needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 15' Jenni Hermoso has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 3 goals this season.
  • 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Spain that had 13 games and scored 36 goals.
  • 21' GOAL! Valeria Del Campo scores on 21.
  • 23' What a strike from Aitana Bonmati! The score is 1-1.
  • 27' What a strike from Esther! The score is 2-1.
  • 32' Supporters expect more eagerness from Daniela Solera, as he is very good at scoring at Wellington Regional Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 37' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 37 minutes.
  • 42' Spain started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 42.
  • 47' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Alexandra Pinell Gonzales made 3 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 52' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 57' Spain is showing some good football. However, Spain are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 58' Time for substitution for Costa Rica. Maria Elizondo is replaced by Cristin Granados.
  • 63' It is a substitution in Spain team. Esther is replaced by Mariona Caldentey on 63 minute.
  • 68' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 73' Sheika Daleicha Scott Richardson has so much to prove this time. He replaces Maria Salas on 73 minute.
  • 77' Alexia Putellas is replacing Salma Paralluelo for the Spain side.
  • 82' It looks surprising Costa Rica does not make any changes. Maria Elizondo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 87' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Spain winning 100% of all matches.
  • 88' Another substitution for Spain to replace Ona Batlle by Oihane Hernandez on 88 minute.
  • With this win, Spain is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Spain Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Costa Rica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.21 Spain xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.53 Costa Rica xG
I would bet for: Spain to win 69% + Under — clean sheet likely 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Spain69% Draw20% Costa Rica11%
Actual: Spain win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes37% 0% No63%
Avg goals/match: 2.74
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

Spain or Draw
89%
Draw or Costa Rica
31%
Spain or Costa Rica
80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Spain53% Draw40% Costa Rica7%
Actual: Spain win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
15.5%
1 – 0
14.1%
3 – 0
Actual
0 – 0
8.1%
1 – 1
8.1%
2 – 1
8.1%
4 – 0
6.1%
3 – 1
6%
4 – 1
3.4%
0 – 1
2.8%
5 – 0
2.8%
2 – 2
2.1%

Asian Handicap — Spain

Handicap Spain covers Push Costa Rica covers
-2.5 28% — 72%
-2 28% 23% 49%
-1.5 51% — 49%
-1 51% 24% 25%
-0.5 75% — 25%
+0.5 93% — 7%
+1 93% 5% 1%
+1.5 99% — 1%
+2 99% 1% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

Spain keeps clean sheet
59% ✓
Costa Rica keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

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