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Played
September 7, 2012 10:00 PM EDT
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica — San José
Referee:‬ R. Moreno‎
Attendance:‬ 32500‎
 
 
C. Salcido 43′
 
J. Zavala 52′

World Cup qualifying preview: Costa Rica - Mexico

Mexico will visit San Jose in search of its second road win in the current World Cup qualifying round.

By Eric Gomez

More On :  Costa Rica, Mexico, Costa Rica vs Mexico
Marco Fabián, Mexico U-23 (Getty)
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  PROBABLE LINEUPS
Costa Rica (4-4-2): Navas; Miller, Oviedo, Gonzalez, Salvatierra; Barrantes, Rojas, Cubero, Castillo; Saborio, Campbell

Costa Rica
ROSTER

GOALKEEPERS: Keylor Navas (Levante), Patrick Pemberton (Alajuelense)

DEFENDERS: Michael Umana (Comunicaciones), Roy Miller (New York), Gabriel Badilla (Saprissa), Bryan Oviedo (Everton), Jose Salvatierra (Alajuelense), Jhonny Acosta (Alajuelense), Giancarlo Gonzalez (Valerenga), Pedro Leal (Puntarenas), Nestor Monge (Perez Zeledon)

MIDFIELDERS: Christian Bolanos (Copenhagen), Celso Borges (AIK), Michael Barrantes (Aalesunds), Oscar Rojas (La Piedad), Jose Miguel Cubero (Herediano), Rodney Wallace (Portland), Yeltsin Tejeda (Saprissa)

FORWARDS: Alvaro Saborio (Real Salt Lake), Bryan Ruiz (Fulham), Randall Brenes (Cartagines), Joel Campbell (Real Betis), Daniel Colindres (Saprissa)
Mexico (4-2-3-1): Corona; Torres Nilo, Moreno, Rodriguez, Meza; Salcido, Torrado; Guardado, Aquino, Reyna; Hernandez

ROSTER

GOALKEEPERS: Guillermo Ochoa (Ajaccio), Jose de Jesus Corona (Cruz Azul), Alfredo Talavera (Toluca)

DEFENDERS: Jorge Torres Nilo (Tigres), Hector Moreno (Espanyol) Francisco Rodriguez (Stuttgart), Severo Meza (Monterrey), Hugo Ayala (Tigres), Darvin Chavez (Monterrey), Israel Jimenez (Tigres), Hiram Mier (Monterrey)

MIDFIELDERS: Carlos Salcido (UANL), Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul), Andres Guardado (Valencia), Javier Aquino (Cruz Azul), Angel Reyna (Monterrey), Marco Fabian (Guadalajara), Jesus Zavala (Monterrey), Edgar Lugo (Santos Laguna)

FORWARDS: Elias Hernandez (Tigres), Oribe Peralta (Santos Laguna), Aldo de Nigris (Monterrey), Javier Hernandez (Manchester United)
  DID YOU KNOW?
  • The last match between both teams ended in a 4-1 win for Mexico in the 2011 Gold Cup.
  • Gerardo Torrado has 135 caps with the Mexican national team, third in El Tri's history behind Pavel Pardo and Claudio Suarez.
  • Costa Rica beat Mexico at the Estadio Azteca in the 2002 World Cup qualifying match. This is the only loss for Mexico in that regard.
  • Costa Rica has just five wins in their last 15 matches, dating back to September of 2011.
  • Fulham and Costa Rica winger Bryan Ruiz is listed as doubtful for the match against Mexico.
  • These two teams will play again four days later, in Mexico City, Mexico.

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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
  • Costa Rica 1-3 Mexico
    21.46 %
  • Costa Rica 1-2 Mexico
    14.48 %
  • Costa Rica 0-2 Mexico
    12.31 %
Head to Head
WCQ 2014 (Concacaf) ‎(WCQN)‎ Jun 11, 2013 Mexico 0 - Costa Rica 0
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WCQ 2014 (Concacaf) ‎(WCQN)‎ Sep 11, 2012 Mexico 1 - Costa Rica 0
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WCQ 2014 (Concacaf) ‎(WCQN)‎ Sep 7, 2012 Costa Rica 0 - Mexico 2
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Gold Cup ‎(GC)‎ Jun 12, 2011 Mexico 4 - Costa Rica 1
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WCQ 2014 (Concacaf) ‎(WCQN)‎ Sep 5, 2009 Costa Rica 0 - Mexico 3
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Last Five Matches
Costa Rica
Jun 18, 2013Costa Rica 2 - Panama 0WCQN
Jun 11, 2013Mexico 0 - Costa Rica 0WCQN
Jun 7, 2013Costa Rica 1 - Honduras 0WCQN
May 28, 2013Canada 0 - Costa Rica 1FR
Mar 26, 2013Costa Rica 2 - Jamaica 0WCQN
Mexico
Jun 19, 2013Brazil 2 - Mexico 0FCC
Jun 16, 2013Mexico 1 - Italy 2FCC
Jun 11, 2013Mexico 0 - Costa Rica 0WCQN
Jun 7, 2013Panama 0 - Mexico 0WCQN
Jun 4, 2013Jamaica 0 - Mexico 1WCQN
Odds
Team News
Available Squads
1K. NavasGoalkeeper
14Bryan OviedoDefender
3G. GonzálezDefender
3J. AcostaDefender
2José Andrés Salvatierra LópezDefender
-M. UmañaDefender
7Christian BolañosMidfielder
22José Miguel Cubero LoriaMidfielder
11Michael Barrantes RojasMidfielder
9A. SaboríoStriker
12Joel CampbellStriker
23P. PembertonGoalkeeper
-G. Badilla
20P. LealDefender
20Rodney WallaceDefender
5Celso BorgesMidfielder
21K. SotoMidfielder
24N. MongeMidfielder
-O. Rojas
17Y. TejedaMidfielder
-D. Colindres
7R. BrenesStriker
12J. CoronaGoalkeeper
-Rodríguez
15Héctor MorenoDefender
11J. AquinoMidfielder
20Jorge Emmanuel TorresDefender
13S. MezaDefender
18Jose Andrés GuardadoMidfielder
3C. SalcidoDefender
17J. ZavalaMidfielder
14ChicharitoStriker
-O. PeraltaStriker
22Alfredo TalaveraGoalkeeper
1Francisco Guillermo OchoaGoalkeeper
5D. ChavezDefender
19Hugo AyalaDefender
21H. MierDefender
2I. JiménezDefender
8Á. ReynaMidfielder
-E. Hernández
6Gerardo TorradoMidfielder
8M. FabiánStriker
9A. De NigrisStriker
Top Scorers
Player   Goals Penalties
Peter Byers Peter Byers
Striker
 10 1
B. Pérez B. Pérez
Striker
FC Dallas 		9 0
Clint Dempsey Clint Dempsey
Midfielder
Tottenham 		7 1
A. Saborío A. Saborío
Striker
RSL 		7 1
Deon McCalauy Deon McCalauy
Midfielder
Belize 		7 1

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