Pregame prediction hit: 1Pregame prediction state, community vote lean, matchup drivers, and trend context.
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USA vs Costa Rica predictions cover Friendlies, Friendlies 1 on 23 Jan 2025. Kick-off is listed for Thursday, 23 January 2025 at 01:00 CET. This preview brings together the prediction lean, community voting, recent form, head-to-head notes and team context in one place. Because this is the predictions tab, the copy focuses on the pre-match view rather than live in-play swings after kick-off.
The pre-match prediction split is USA 61%, Draw 31%, Costa Rica 8%, giving USA the clearest lean before the other matchup factors are considered.
Recent form gives the first matchup clue: over the last five, USA have taken 9 points while Costa Rica have taken 2. That comes from USA taking 3 wins and Costa Rica taking 0 wins in that span. Goal trend sits at USA +3 and Costa Rica -10.
Recent head-to-head context lists USA 3 recent H2H wins, Costa Rica 3 recent H2H wins, and 0 draws, which adds rivalry history without treating older meetings as more important than current form.
Underlying team metrics add chance creation score at USA 9.5 versus Costa Rica 14.7 and clean-sheet rate at 20% against 0%, giving the prediction a check against chance creation, defensive resistance and match-control signals.
The prediction trend contains 91 trend points, showing how the pre-match view developed before the current prediction read.
