Costa Rica Honduras betting prediction

The home team is currently in the 2^nd position, with 15 points won, after 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate round, they have won an away match against United States by (0‑2). In the last round, they have tied a home match against Mexico by (1‑1). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 21 goals scored and 17 conceded; against 8 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss at their stadium, with 21 goals scored and 7 conceded. In the last 7 WC Qualification CONCACAF home matches Costa Rica has a record of 5 wins and 2 draws.

In this competition, they haven’t lost any of the last 7 home matches. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 17 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals and 11 out of 17 have ended with Under 2,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 4 of their 14 matches for this competition, and have never been able to turn the score around. In the last 17 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 8 of their 22 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Costa Rica is very close to the World Cup of 2018 and it depends on itself to guarantee the qualification, needing only a tie to, mathematically, guarantees its place. Because of this the team will enter the field thinking only in adding points and is the favorite for the duel, so much so that the initial expectation is to press the opponent during the whole game, as this would make it easier to score goals and leave the pitch with the victory.

Confirmed Lineup: Keylor Navas, Kendall Waston, Bryan Oviedo, Cristian Gamboa, Jhonny Acosta, Giancarlo González, Celso Borges, Christian Bolaños, David Guzmán, Bryan Ruiz, Marco Ureña.
Coach: G. Alfaro.