Costa Rica vs Haiti - prediction, team news, lineups

On the brink of an aboriginal exit from the CONCACAF Nations League, Costa Rica caput into Sunday’s enactment needing a large triumph against Haiti astatine Estadio Ricardo Saprissa to person immoderate anticipation of advancing.

A 3-0 triumph implicit Nicaragua connected matchday 3 kept the Central Americans' hopes of advancing intact, though the Haitians are 3 points supra them successful second, acknowledgment to a 4-1 triumph against the Dominican Republic.

Match preview

At last, the Costa Ricans got their Nations League run connected the close ft Thursday, though it mightiness beryllium excessively small excessively late.

Bryan Ruiz began his interim tenure arsenic manager successfully, arsenic Costa Rica won for the archetypal clip successful 2026 and ended a five-match losing run.

To beforehand from the radical signifier erstwhile again, they indispensable triumph this match, though the Haitians person a +6-goal differential, portion the Central Americans are presently astatine 0.

This volition beryllium their 3rd lucifer ever successful this contention astatine Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, and the Costa Ricans person yet to triumph successful a Nations League outing astatine that venue, losing 4-3 to Curacao connected matchday one.

They person lone mislaid their last radical outing successful this contention erstwhile before, erstwhile Panama bushed them 1-0 successful March 2023.

Los Ticos person yet to suffer to Haiti connected location ungraded this century, though that past triumph against them occurred successful a World Cup qualifier backmost successful 2015 (1-0).

A first-ever spot successful the Nations League knockout signifier is close determination for Haiti heading into the last matchday.

David Badia’s men request lone a constituent oregon to debar a lopsided decision connected matchday 4 to warrant themselves a spot successful the past eight.

While it seems each but apt they volition beforehand careless of Sunday’s result, the Haitians could go the archetypal Caribbean squad to decorativeness League A’s radical signifier with a cleanable record, thing which Curacao could besides achieve.

Haiti person lone suffered 1 distant decision successful this contention before, with Curacao beating them 1-0 backmost successful 2019.

After failing to people successful their archetypal 2 radical outings astatine this summer’s World Cup, this broadside person netted a combined 11 goals successful their past 4 competitory fixtures.

Les Grenadiers tin widen their unbeaten tally against Costa Rica to 7 matches connected Sunday and bushed them connected Central American ungraded for the archetypal clip since 1950 (1-0).

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Team News

Former Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Keylor Navas started betwixt the sticks for Costa Rica connected Thursday, with the 39-year-old picking up a cleanable sheet.

Orlando Sinclair, Carlos Mora and Kenyel Michel recovered the backmost of the nett for them, with each onslaught coming successful the last 45 minutes.

At Haiti, Lovend's Delinois earned his archetypal elder cap, portion Alexandre Pierre got the telephone betwixt the sticks for a 3rd lucifer running.

Wilson Isidor netted a brace connected matchday three, with Yassin Fortune scoring his archetypal astatine this level and Louicius Deedson besides uncovering the mark.

Costa Rica imaginable starting lineup:

Navas; Sosa, Mitchell, Calvo, Araya; Murillo, Wilson; Michel, Mendez, Mora; Sinclair

Haiti imaginable starting lineup:

Pierre; Arcus, Sainte, Delcroix, Experience; Deedson, Jean Jacques, Bellegarde, Picault; Pierrot, Isidor

We say: Costa Rica 1-2 Haiti

It is hopeless times for Costa Rica, but we bash not judge they person the firepower to outlast a Haitian squad who are truthful cohesive and deadly connected the break.

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