Costa Rica vs Serbia – Lineups, Predictions & Stats Preview 17 June 2018
Both Costa Rica and Serbia qualified for a spot each to participate in the 2018 FIFA World cup in Russia. This article gives you more details and tips about the match. The Costa Rica v Serbia tip was given by most soccer analysts, outlines Serbia has the upper hand to win that match. Both teams’ lineups are not expected to change that much unless there are injuries or suspension of players. Both teams have strong squads as well as great players in the reserves. The match will be played on 17th June 2018 in the Cosmos Arena.
Costa Rica Probable Lineups and Stats
Costa Rica has a strong team and the players expected to be fielded at this group stages matches are the following: K.Navas for Goalkeeper, (Salvatierra, Gutierrez, Umana, Calvo, Matarrita) for defenders, (Wallace, Ruiz, Guzman, Borges) for midfielders and Venegas/Urena for the striker). In the 2018 world cup qualification stage, Costa Rica had quite some good stats. With 16 games played, Costa Rica had 9 wins, 5 draws and just 2 losses. Costa Rica scored 25 goals, conceded 11 goals and kept 7 clean sheets. The stats for Costa Rica in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification stage were:
- average possession: 47.8%
- Pass Accuracy: 79.2%
- goals per match: 1.56
- Shots per game: 7.8
- Tackles per game: 24.6
- dribbles per game: 5.3
- discipline: 117
Serbia Probable Lineups and Stats
During the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, the most probable starting lineup for Serbia will be as follows: M. Mitrovic as a Goalkeeper, Branislav Ivanovic, Kolarov, Vukovic, and Obradovic will form the defending line; Dusan Tadic, L.Milivojevic, Nemanja Matic and Nemanja Gudelj for midfielders. The striker partnership will be formed by A.Mitrovic and Ljajic. In the 2018 world cup qualification stage, Serbia had quite some good stats. With 10 games played, Serbia had 6 wins, 3 draws, and just a single loss. Serbia scored 20 goals, conceded 10 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. The stats for Serbia in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification stage were:
- Goals per match: 1.56
- Possession 45.5%
- Pass Accuracy: 72.2%
- Shots per game: 8.8
- Tackles per game: 25.2
- Dribbles per game: 3.1
- Discipline: 98
Costa Rica v Serbia Head to Head
Costa Rica has never played against Serbia in a competitive match. The first match between these two teams will be in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In the FIFA World Cup 2014, Costa Rica reached the round of 16 while Serbia did not go past the group stages. The 2018 FIFA World Cup match between these two teams will be an interesting one as it will be the very first competitive match between these two teams as well as the first match in group E.
Expert Tip
Since both teams have strong defensive and almost similar style of play, the tip for their first match would be a draw. This will be the first match between these two teams and they are close to each other in the FIFA rankings. Both teams will play to win the match which will probably lead to a draw. Another good betting tip for this match is Under 2.5 goals. The match is more likely to end a 1-1 draw or a 0-0 draw. Another tip that would still bank on is the one for corners and yellow cards/red cards. Considering the style of play of these two teams, the match will probably result in less than 10 corner kicks, less than 5 yellow cards and no red cards.
Interesting Facts and Information
- Costa Rica wins 1st half in 40% of their games, Serbia in 30% of their games.
- Costa Rica wins 40% of halftimes, Serbia wins 30%.
- Serbia’s recent performance is better than Costa Rica’s.
- In World Cup, Serbia has better performance than Costa Rica.
- Costa Rica scores 1.43 goals when playing at home and Serbia scores 1.4 goals when playing away (in average).
- When Costa Rica leads 1-0 at home, they win in 100% of their games.
- When Serbia leads 0-1 away, they win in 50% of their games.
- When Costa Rica is down 0-1 home, they win 0% of their games.
- When Serbia is down 1-0 away, they win 0% of their games.
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