Canada is a machine, but Costa Rica can’t go wrong

Three races to go and three places for Qatar 2022. The group in North and Central America is about to end. Leading the table is Canada engaged in the Italian night between Thursday and Friday against Costa Rica. Herdman’s national team beat El Salvador 2-0 in the last match, while Navas and his teammates won 1-0 against Jamaica.

LATEST RESULTS

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Canada are still unbeaten in the third qualifying round. He scored 25 points, totaling seven wins and four draws: 19 goals scored and just 5 conceded ones. Behind the USA and Mexico chase, stopped at 21. Jonathan David’s group has lined up six successes and arrive at eleven consecutive useful results. The latest knockout came in the Gold Cup semifinal against Mexico last July. Costa Rica is currently fifth with 16 points, the fourth place that is worth the access to the intercontinental play-off is occupied by Panama with a length of advantage. Luis Suarez’s most recent defeat by the national team came against Canada in the first leg in Edmonton. Now it is played at the Estadio Nacional in San José.

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There are 18 total comparisons between Canada and Costa Rica. The balance of the previous ones is completely in balance: 6 successes for both and 6 draws. The last time the Ticos overtook their opponents was in 2013 during a friendly match: 0-1 with a decisive goal from Jairo Arrieta. Canada has never lost their last four matches, winning the two most recent. Last July the two national teams also faced each other in the Gold Cup quarterfinals: 2-0 for Herdamn’s group. Navas and his teammates’ goal is to recover points to conquer the fourth place which is worth the play-off. Undefeated Canada remains an uncomfortable opponent. Borjan has kept a clean sheet for the last three outings. At the Estadio Nacional everything is ready for the challenge.