Spain Women vs Costa Rica Women Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions

Spain go up against Costa Rica in a game played out at Sky Stadium on Friday. The upcoming clash will be their first outing in the World Cup.

We are entering the first round of the World Cup group stage with Spain and Costa Rica hoping this is only the first of many matches coming up.

Three points look like a given for Spain when they open their Group C campaign at Sky Stadium. It would be highly surprising to see them squander points when regarded as such big favorites. Costa Rica could be in for a thrashing when setting off their World Cup campaign as the hefty outsider at Sky Stadium. It has the look of trying to minimize defeat on Friday.

Team form: Spain vs Costa Rica

Spain Form

Spain are enjoying their football currently with six wins on the bounce. In the first of their last three games, La Roja thrashed Panama in a 7-0 victory. They followed it up with a 0-2 win over Denmark, before destroying Vietnam 0-9. It was hit and miss for Spain in recent times, as they won nine of their last 10 matches across all tournaments while suffering one defeat.

Spain enjoy some whopping stats from their previous ten matches in this tournament. They average 4.1 goals per game, scoring 41 times while conceding four. That is an average of 0.4 per game, as they pulled off a clean sheet in eight of the matches.

Costa Rica Form

In their previous three games, Costa Rica lost 2-1 to Guatemala, before bouncing back by beating Hati 2-0. Their last contest ended in a 0-2 defeat to South Africa. Costa Rica achieved one victory in their last 10 international matches, with two draws and seven defeats as well.

Costa Rica scored six goals in their previous ten matches, an average of 0.6 per game. They also conceded 16 for an average of 1.6 a game, pulling off a clean sheet once.

Spain vs Costa Rica Stats

Position in the World Cup standings: Spain vs Costa Rica

Spain vs Costa Rica H2H

The last time the two nations squared up against each other both came away unscathed following a 1-1 draw.

Spain enter the match against Costa Rica with a 0-1-0 record in their previous one encounter. A win rate of 0%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Both teams found the back of the net one time in the last one match between Spain and Costa Rica.

Topscorer

Salma Paralluelo has three strikes in six World Cup matches for Spain, who will be relying on her services, when clashing with Costa Rica. The visitors are looking to undefined, who has provided her team with zero World Cup goals.

WIN – DRAW – WIN

Spain have 6 wins in a row. Amazingly, Spain are on a streak of 25 home matches without defeat. Costa Rica lost their previous 4 matches.

OVER – UNDER

Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of Spain’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 4.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for Costa Rica, who managed to score 0.7 times in those matches. Spain performed a clean sheet in nine World Cup matches on the trot.

BTTS & FIRST TO SCORE

Spain scored first in seven of their last ten home games. Interestingly, Costa Rica scored the opening goal of the match in just one of their last ten games.

Spain have won-to-nil in 4 consecutive games. In the last 10 games played, Costa Rica opened to scoring only once, while Spain scored the opener five times in their last 10 games.