El Salvador v Costa Rica Betting Tips [27 March 2022]

Costa Rica have their 2022 World Cup qualification campaign in their control and will be looking to enhance this with a win when they travel to El Salvador. Hosts El Salvador go into this game having  managed 10 points, in sixth place while Costa Rica have 19 points in fourth place. For El Salvador this is a dead rubber game; they can’t qualify for the World Cup after their 1-1 draw with Jamaica in the last game. Their recent run hasn’t been very encouraging, with three losses in the last five matches, and they have managed just one win in the last 11 games. At home they are winless in the last six matches, losing four. In this round of qualifiers, they’ve managed just two wins and at seven goals, they have scored the second fewest. El Salvador go into this game with just one clean sheet in five matches and having failed to score in three of their last five. Nine of their last 10 matches have produced under 2.5 goals and they’ve failed to score in seven of their last 10 home matches.

Costa Rica are coming from a key win; they beat leaders Canada 1-0 and with Panama drawing earlier, Costa Rica have this in their control. They will want to rise from the playoff position and a win here will be key in that. With a five match unbeaten run, and four clean sheets in the process, it will be a surprise if they struggle to beat this El Salvador side. Costa Rica haven’t lost to El Salvador in their last nine meetings and they go into this game having failed to score in just one of their last five matches. They however have just one away win in the last seven matches and will feel this is a chance to make it better.

Costa Rica will give their all in this game; it means more to them than it does to the hosts so we expect more of one-way action here. A dominant display from Costa Rica is the expectation and their defensive run will surely lift them. Go for Costa Rica to win and El Salvador not to score