The Gold Cup continues with other interesting matches like the one between the USA and Costa Rica. Tournament hosts, USA, will have a tough task in overcoming a sturdy and sound Costa Rica outfit that already showed it can take something even from the favourites like Mexico.
USA Team News
Three straight wins to start an international tournament at home is as good a beginning as one can dream of. Even if the opposition might have been of a slightly lower quality than Costa Rica, the USA still managed to coast past all opponents up until now. The team scored a combined total of 8 goals, while conceding just 1 against Haiti. Such an offensive output means that Mauricio Pochettino’s team has averaged 2.6 goals per game and that is coming even with the injury of one of the American offensive threaths – Haji Wright. Still, the first real test in front of the favourites for the Gold Cup is against Costa Rica.
Costa Rica Team News
Costa Rica almost managed to top Group A, but fell short only because of a worse goal difference when compared to Mexico. In the final group stage matchday, the direct clash between the two ended in a 0-0 draw. On the day, it was probably Mexico that might regret not winning, as they were the team that was far more dangerous. Nevertheless, Costa Rica secured their place in the knockout stage of the Gold Cup and have already shown that they can hold out against the favourites to win the tournament. What the team also showed is that it can get goals scored, and although they failed to do so against Mexico, Los Ticos did score a combined 6 in their opening 2 games at the Gold Cup.
Head-to-Head Games
The USA and Costa Rica have played against one another in 2025. That was during January international friendly dates, and then it was Mauricio Pochettino’s team that came out victorious with 3-0. Costa Rica has just 1 win against the United States across their last 5 meetings, while the Yanks have 4. Three of their 4 victories did come in friendly games, but were also accompanied by clean sheets
USA – Costa Rica Betting Prediction
For this game, my pick is USA over 1.5 goals. The team has demonstrated in previous games that it has enough offensive capability to consistently score. H2H matches between the two teams are also indicative of that, as Mauricio Pochettino’s men have scored at least 2 goals in all of their last 4 fixtures against Costa Rica. That, paired with the Yanks’ results in the tournament so far, makes it a logical choice in my view.
Betting Tip: USA Over 1.5 Goals
Bookmaker: Stake
Odds: 1.83
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