Argentina vs Costa Rica prediction: WORLD: Friendly International betting tips on match 2024-03-26 02:50.
[p]With the Copa AmĂ©rica on the horizon in June, Argentina began their preparations with a routine 3-0 win over El Salvador to kick-off their March international window. The 2022 World Cup winners have been in scintillating form of late, winning 16 of their last 17 internationals (L1), while theyâve incredibly lost just twice since July 2019, which doesnât make great reading for Costa Rica.[/p]
[p]Itâs been almost 13 years since these two nations last met, with Argentina running out 3-0 victors in the 2011 Copa AmĂ©rica, and a repeat scoreline certainly shouldnât be ruled out. Thatâs because Argentinaâs last ten victories all came with an accompanying clean sheet, and after defender Cristian Romero spoke about how his side want to continue to grow before the Copa AmĂ©rica, La Albiceleste will be taking this game seriously.[/p]
[p]Thatâs not to say Costa Rica wonât be, as they too are warming up for the Copa AmĂ©rica after a 3-1 win in the Concacaf Nations League play-off booked their spot at the summerâs tournament. That marked back-to-back wins for Costa Rica, but following that up with a third is something that has long since been their undoing, having failed to string three successive international wins together since March 2022. [/p]
[p]A negative all-time H2H record against Argentina (D2, L4) would hint theyâll have to wait a little longer to end that drought, but they have at least shown some respectable recent form in friendly action (W4, L3). However, all of those wins came against nations ranked outside of FIFAâs top-25, while they havenât beaten a nation currently ranked inside the top-ten since beating Italy 1-0 at the 2014 World Cup. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Rested against El Salvador, Argentinaâs JuliĂĄn Ălvarez could be in line for some minutes here and his last three international scoring appearances saw him net the gameâs second goal. Costa Ricaâs 19-year-old sensation Warren Madrigal opened his international account against Honduras, with his goal proving to be decisive. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Argentina have scored at least twice in 13 of their last 14 friendly internationals. [/p]