Brazil vs Costa Rica Predictions and Match Preview

Brazil vs Costa Rica Prediction

The five time Copa America champions, Brazil, will aim to start things positively this season and on Sunday, they will lock horns with Costa Rica. The Los Ticos is in a very hard group comprising some prominent American teams and it will be interesting to see how they plot their play against the hardest in the group, Brazil.

• Costa Rica was winless in 10 of the last 16 matches across all competitions.
• Brazil won two and drew two of the last four friendlies.
• The Canary Squad shipped at least 3 goals in two of their last three matches.
• Brazil has a 100% winning record against Costa Rica and has won the last three clashes with a clean sheet display.

Brazil has been struggling to gain a positive consistency across all competitions of late. However, they have improved a lot by utilizing the pre-season friendlies, as they recorded four consecutive unbeaten games and have won two in that period. The run involves a 2-3 win against Mexico and a 0-1 win against England.

Meanwhile, Costa Rica delivered some impressive performances across all competitions of late. They are on a two-match winning streak too, but it is noteworthy that the teams they faced in that period were Grenada and Saint Kitts and Nevis. On top of that, they have never won against Brazil in the history of their meet-ups.

Brazil Team News

Brazil doesn’t have any players unavailable from the last four matches. Silvester Junior used the 4-3-3 formation in that period and has remained unbeaten in all of them despite facing some football heavyweights.

Brazil Predicted Line-up (4-3-3):

Alisson- Danilo, Marquinhos, Beraldo, Wendell – Guimaraes, Gomes, Paqueta – Raphinha, Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior.

Costa Rica Team News

The last match of Costa Rica saw the 3-4-3 formation. Alfaro Gustavo made the amend from 3-4-2-1 to make changes in the final third, which brought an effect to the team’s offensive display. With Ugalde, Zamora and Alcocer being available, we are not expecting any changes in the team for the Sunday’s clash.

Costa Rica Predicted Line-up (3-4-3):

Sequeira – Mitchell, Cascante, Calvo – Dosman, Galo, Zamora, Lassiter – Alcocer, Alvaro Zamora, Manfred Ugalde.

Brazil poised for a comfortable victory against Costa Rica

By the looks of things, we expect a pleasant day for the Brazil fans at SoFI Stadium on Sunday. Brazil has dominated this match-up historically. They will enter this match following a seven-game winning streak over Costa Rica.

Also, Costa Rica has been dreadful defensively in the matches against South American teams possessing a decent form. They allowed 19 goals in their seven head-to-head meetings against Brazil, too. Knowing that the last four defeats conceded by Costa Rica saw them allowing at least 3 goals, we expect the Brazilian offense to net 4 unanswered goals on Sunday.

Peter Green- June 20, 2024

Brazil vs Costa Rica Betting Tips

Correct score: Brazil 4-0

OK

9.00 Odds

Over 3.5 goals

OK

2.28 Odds

Brazil -2.5 Asian Handicap

OK

2.32 Odds