Costa Rica – Panama Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (09.06.2017)

Prediction for Costa Rica – Panama

Costa Rica to win @ 1.53

Costa Rica and Panama meet at the National Stadium of Costa Rica in a match for this phase of the CONCACAF World Championship (5th Round). The record of direct matches of the last 3 years is favorable to the home team, who in the last 6 games won 3, tied 1 and lost 2. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 22-01-2017, ended With the victory of Panama by (1-0). Panama has considerable differences in its results at home and as a visitor, so in this game the home factor can be decisive.

Costa Rica

After 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, the home team is currently in 2nd place with 7 points won. In the last game, tied for (1-1) out against Honduras, after in the previous game, to have lost for (2-0) away with Mexico. This is a team that has similar results at home and abroad, so it is not usually affected by the home factor, since in the last 30 games it has 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses as a visitor; Against 7 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat in his stadium. Costa Rica won 4 of their last 4 home games for the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying.

For this competition, it registers a sequence of 4 victories in its last matches in house. His attack has marked regularly, since he scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home games there is a tendency for few goals, as 7 of their last 13 games ended with Less than 1.5 goals and 8 in 13 they finished with Less than 2.5 goals.

The selection of Costa Rica has been well in the qualifying phase of CONCACAF and proof of this is that it is in a place that is worth the qualification for the World Championship. To stay in this position it is very important to win. Against Panama he knows that he will have a balanced game, as the opponent has also made a good qualifying phase, but to play at home, before his public, and have his goals well defined, will try to conquer the three points, since these would be very important.

Panama

The away team is currently in 3rd place, with 5 points conquered, after 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate game, lost out against Trinidad and Tobago by (1-0). In the last game, tied at home against the United States by (1-1). This is a stronger team with the support of his fans, since in the last 30 games he has 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with 11 goals scored and 23 suffered; Against 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats in his stadium, with 11 goals scored and 7 suffered. In the last five games that he played as a visitor to the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying, Panama won 2, drew 1 and lost 2. His attack has scored regularly, scoring in 7 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 10 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal. There is 1 period in the last 13 games as a visitor for all competitions: he suffered 8 of his 19 goals in the minutes (76′-90 ‘).

The selection of Panama occupies one of the qualifying places for the World Championship and hopes to continue in this position, so it is very important that you score points, even more in the games as a visitor. In front of Costa Rica is expected a match with chances of goal for both sides, reason why Panama knows that it can conquer a good result and hopes not to make errors to leave of field with at least one tie.