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Costa Rica Mexico betting prediction


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The Costa Rican team is motivated for this game, having achieved an excellent result in the last round, but know that they will find many difficulties in this match. The Costa Ricans will face the leader of the competition, and know that to leave with the positive result in this match they will have to present an excellent football. The Mexicans have been making an impeccable campaign, and they know they need to maintain the pace in order to stay at the top of the table and, consequently, achieve the long-awaited qualification for the World Cup. The two teams are expected to play a very intense match because they both want to achieve a positive result, so we believe they can create good goal chances throughout the match. Our bet will be that both teams can score at least one goal each until the end of the 90 minutes.
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Preview
Costa Rica and Mexico face at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, in a match for this stage of the WC Qualification CONCACAF (5th Round). The head‑to‑head history indicates total balance, since there is a record of 2 draws and 1 win for each team in the last 4 matches.

Analysis Costa Rica

The home team is currently in the 2nd position, with 14 points won, after 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate round, they have won a home match against Trinidad and Tobago by (2‑1). In the last round, they have won an away match against United States by (0‑2). In the last 6 WC Qualification CONCACAF home matches Costa Rica has a record of 5 wins and 1 draw.

They haven’t lost any of the last 6 home matches for this competition. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. Goals have been frequent in their home matches, as 9 of the last 17 have ended with Under 1,5 goals and 11 out of 17 have ended with Under 2,5 goals.

Costa Rica arrives motivated to this match after a 0-2 away win in the last round against the USA. So, now by playing alongside its supporters the team knows that it will be of utmost importance to leave with the three points. The home team has presented good performance and registers fifteen matches this season, having lost only three of them, so by maintaining the same performance the team should most likely achieve good result in this match. Coach Óscar Ramirez should count on all the players for the match and should keep his tactics in the 5-4-1 formation, with Urena in the offensive sector.

Confirmed Lineup: Keylor Navas, Cristian Gamboa, Bryan Oviedo, Kendall Waston, Jhonny Acosta, Francisco Calvo, Christian Bolaños, David Guzmán, Celso Borges, Marco Ureña, Bryan Ruiz.

Analysis Mexico

The away team is currently in the 1st position, with 15 points won, after 9 wins and 3 draws. In the penultimate round, they have won a home match agaisnt Honduras by (3‑0). In the last round, they have tied a home match against United States by (1‑1). In their last match, for the Gold Cup, they got a home loss against Jamaica by (0‑1). Their last away match was for the Gold Cup and ended in a win by (0‑2) against Curaçao. In the last 6 WC Qualification CONCACAF away matches Mexico has a record of 5 wins and 1 draw.

In this competition, they haven’t lost any of the last 6 away matches. Defensive consistency has been one of their best features, as they have only conceded goals in 3 of the last 10 matches, and their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In the last 14 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 5 of their 13 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Mexico is the first placed in the group with 17 points and now playing away from home the team knows that it will be essential to leave with at least one point to continue in the dispute for a place in the World Cup. The away team comes to its 21st match in the current season and has been showing an excellent performance, having lost only three of the matches played. Mexico also has a team of high quality and should not have difficulties to seek a good result in this match. The offensive sector is the highlight of this team, since they scored goals in eighteen of the last twenty matches. For this match manager Juan Carlos should keep his team in the traditional 4-4-2.

Confirmed Lineup: Guillermo Ochoa, Jair Pereira, Edson Álvarez, Héctor Moreno, Diego Reyes, Andrés Guardado, Jonathan Dos Santos, Jesús Gallardo, Giovani Dos Santos, Raúl Jiménez, Hirving Lozano.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Costa Rica vs Mexico match, on 6 September 2017, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy UK, goes to: Both teams score? Yes ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Costa Rica vs Mexico on 6 September 2017 will be played at San José, Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Betting Academy UK, for the Costa Rica Mexico match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Mexico at with 50% of the tips.

 

WC Qualification CONCACAF - 2018 Russia

  • 100% 112 / 112 Games

  • Home team wins 43.75%
  • Draws 24.11%
  • Away team wins 32.14%
  • Over 1.5 76.79%
  • Over 2.5 52.68%
  • Over 3.5 33.04%
  • Goals 321
  • Goals /match 2.87
  • Goals /match home 1.64
  • Goals /match away 1.22
  • Both teams score 41.07%
  • Goals after 80' 16.82%
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