Tournament:Copa America
Game time:25 jun 2024, 09:00
A match between the national teams of Brazil and Costa Rica will be held in the 1st round of the Copa America on June 25, 2024. “The Pentacampeons” intend to take their first victory in an official match under the leadership of a new coach.
Brazil vs Costa Rica: key statistics and trends
- Brazil has won only twice in its 6 previous matches.
- Costa Rica has won 4 out of 6 previous games.
- The most popular score between these national teams is a 1-0 result in favour of Brazil (3 times).
- Brazil wins the first half in 30% of matches, Costa Rica – in 42% of confrontations.
Brazil – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“The Pentacampeons” are going through a difficult period. They started qualifying in the autumn without a permanent coach, under the leadership of Fernando Diniz. Starting with a couple of victories, then the favourite shocked the fans. The team drew with Venezuela at the home arena and lost 3 times in a row in October and November.
Being under the leadership of Dorival Junior, things improved. “The Seleção” beat England and pulled out a draw with Spain in March. The summer training camp began with a 3-2 score in the struggle with the Mexicans. At the same time, the match with the national team of the USA was reduced to a 1-1 draw.
Costa Rica – the shape of the team and its analysis:
“Los Ticos” went to the previous World Cup, another one for themselves, but now they are not particularly rated even in the CONCACAF. The team was eliminated in the quarter-finals, first in the Gold Cup, losing there to the Mexicans, and then in the Nations League, where it scored 3 goals in each match with the more modest opponent, Panama, in 2023.
This year, the team managed to beat Honduras in the battle for the right to play in the Copa America. And a little earlier it had taken a 2-0 victory in a friendly match with El Salvador. Speaking about the qualification, there were no serious problems with St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada either – they were defeated with a total score of 7-0. Still, the test matches in the spring brought a 1-3 failure with Argentina and a 0-0 draw in the struggle with Uruguay, assembled from players from the local championship.
Brazil: team news
Ederson and Casemiro were not included in the squad due to injuries.
Costa Rica: team news
The main veterans, Borges and Navas, retired.
Brazil vs Costa Rica: possible starting line-ups
Brazil (possible line-up): Alisson – Wendell, Bremer, Militao, Danilo – Gomez, Bruno Guimaraes, Douglas Luiz, Lucas Paquetá, Raphinha – Vinícius Junior.
Costa Rica (possible line-up): Sequeira – Calvo, Cascante, Mitchell – Lassiter, Aguilera, Galo, Taylor – Ugalde, Zamora, Campbell.
Previous head-to-head matches: Brazil vs Costa Rica
All 7 previous matches brought victories to “the Pentacampeons”.
Free prediction for the match Brazil vs Costa Rica
For all their shortcomings, the class of Vinícius Junior and the company is many times higher. We are waiting for their victory with “a -2.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.75).
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