Costa Rica take on the visitors Panama in the round six match of qualification to the World Cup 2018. The match will be played at National Stadium on Wednesday, September 7th.
Costa Rica participate in the Copa America this summer and finished third in the group behind Colombia and USA. The hosting side showed excellent results in fourth qualifying stage in North and Central America, gaining 13 points in five matches with 8-2 goal difference. The team is close to winning the group as they need to avoid defeat in upcoming match with closes competitors Panama, who also won’t drop below second place. Costa Rica played eight matches in 2016, taking five wins, two draws and one defeat.
Panama also took part in Copa America and also failed to advance for the knock-out phase of the competition. The team is successfully advance for the next stage of qualification in CONCACAF after 2-0 win over Jamaica couple of days ago. Moreover, a win by 2 goals in this match will make Panama the group winners.
Costa Rica is more successful in head-to-heads with Panama in recent years. Neither of the teams will battle for three points in this match as both teams are already in the next stage. At the same time, the opponents combine at least two goals in their last eight head-to-heads and we should expect to see at least two precise shots.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 goals.
