Predictions & Livescore Copa America - Brazil vs Costa Rica

Copa America - Brazil vs Costa Rica
Match Time: 25-06-2024 09:00 Tuesday (GMT+8)
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Brazil

Whenever Brazil participate in a major competition of any kind, they expect to win, and that is no different this time around.

In their previous two appearances at this tournament, they have made it to the final, though the last time this event took place in the United States, the Brazilians failed to advance beyond the group stage for the first time since 1987.

Dorival Junior was brought in to coach this team in January after Carlo Ancelotti chose to stay with Real Madrid, and the man who guided Flamengo to the 2022 Copa Libertadores crown is unbeaten in his four matches in charge of the national team.

Selecao have not lost a match against a CONCACAF opponent in over a dozen years since Mexico defeated them 2-0 in a June 2012 friendly played in the United States.

While the early results under Junior have marginally improved from the disaster that was Fernando Diniz, his predecessor, this Brazilian squad are a far cry from the one managed by Tite from 2016-2022, conceding six goals in their last three encounters.

Since losing their final Copa America group fixture versus Peru in 2016 (1-0), they are unbeaten in seven consecutive matches in this portion of the competition.

Costa Rica

The quest for a fourth successive World Cup appearance is off to a good start for Los Ticos, who have won their first two matches by a combined score of 7-0.

Gustavo Alfaro will face stiff competition in the group stage of this event, though, a tournament they have not competed in since 2016.

Costa Rica have won four of their previous six international fixtures, losing only once over that stretch (3-1 to Argentina).

They have not conceded in any of their last three competitive fixtures, winning 15 of their previous 16 encounters when scoring the opening goal.

Not since the 2004 Copa America in Peru have the Costa Ricans made it beyond the group stage of this competition, though they have only gone winless in one of their five appearances at this tournament (1997).

Costa Rica have lost nine straight fixtures versus Brazil, failing to score in the previous three matches against them, with their only-ever triumph occurring at the 1960 Panamerican Championship (3-0).

Prediction: Brazil 3-0 Costa Rica