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Costa Rica vs Japan

AI-Powered FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Prediction

🇨🇷 CRC: Live data🇯🇵 JPN: Live data

Predicted Scoreline

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CRC

00
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JPN

🤝 Predicted draw

Team Strength

🇨🇷CRC
JPN🇯🇵
67 Attack77
71🛡️ Defense75
68🎯 Midfield78
69📈 Recent Form100
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Recent Form

Source: ESPN
🇨🇷Costa RicaLast 5
L4–1
@ New Zealand
W4–2
vs Cape Verde
W2–1
vs Peru
W0–2
@ Russia
W2–1
vs Peru

🇯🇵JapanLast 5
W1–0
vs Iceland
W0–1
@ England
W0–1
@ Scotland
W3–0
vs Bolivia
W2–0
vs Ghana
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AI Analysis

Groq · Llama 3.3 70B

Costa Rica and Japan are set to clash in a highly anticipated match, with Japan's superior Elo rating and recent form suggesting they have a slight edge, but Costa Rica's impressive winning streak and decent attack rating may allow them to secure a draw. The predicted score of 1-1 reflects the closely matched teams, with Japan's strong midfield and defense potentially being countered by Costa Rica's ability to score. Overall, Japan's 50% win probability indicates they are the favorites, but a draw is a plausible outcome given the teams' statistical parity.

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Costa Rica

Why they could win

Both teams are evenly matched in most categories.

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Japan

Why they could win

  • Higher Elo rating (1906 vs 1611)
  • Midfield superiority (rating 78)
  • Better recent form — W W W W W

Head-to-Head Record

5

CRC wins

3

Draws

5

JPN wins

Goals: 1414
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🇨🇷 Costa Rica vs 🇯🇵 Japan · FIFA World Cup 2026