Pregame prediction state, community vote lean, matchup drivers, and trend context.
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The predictions tab for Japan vs Costa Rica covers World Cup 2026, Group Stage - 2 on 27 Nov 2022. Kick-off is listed for Sunday, 27 November 2022 at 11:00 CET. It keeps the locked pregame state for this matchup rather than live in-play changes.
The locked pregame split is Japan 0%, Draw 0%, Costa Rica 100%, so the lean points to Costa Rica.
Last-five form reads Japan 13 points versus Costa Rica 2. That comes from Japan taking 4 wins and Costa Rica taking 0 wins in that span. Goal trend sits at Japan +4 and Costa Rica -10.
Season context adds season pace at Japan 2 points per game versus Costa Rica 1 and venue split at 0 home points per game against 0 away points per game to the pregame read.
Head-to-head context in the prediction snapshot lists Japan 0 recent H2H wins, Costa Rica 1 recent H2H win, and 0 draws.
Underlying team metrics add chance creation score at Japan 6.4 versus Costa Rica 4.1 and clean-sheet rate at 0% against 33%.
The stored pregame trend contains 91 tracked points for this matchup before the current predictions view.