Japan Women2 - 0Costa Rica Women
Form, Standings, Stats
Saturday, July 22 at 8am in Women's World Cup
| Current Group C Standings | P | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Japan Women | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Spain Women | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Costa Rica Women | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 4 | Zambia Women | 1 | -5 | 0 |
Friday, July 21 at 8.30am in Women's World Cup
| Current Group C Standings | P | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Japan Women | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Spain Women | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Costa Rica Women | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 4 | Zambia Women | 1 | -5 | 0 |
We said: Japan Women 4-0 Costa Rica Women
After cruising to victory in their opening game against Zambia, we think that Japan will produce another dominant display to sweep past Costa Rica on Wednesday. Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Japan Women win with a probability of 94.19%. A draw had a probability of 4.5% and a win for Costa Rica Women had a probability of 1.27%.
The most likely scoreline for a Japan Women win was 3-0 with a probability of 13.89%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 4-0 (13.32%) and 2-0 (10.86%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (2.15%), while for a Costa Rica Women win it was 0-1 (0.56%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 10.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Japan Women would win this match.
| Result | ||
| Japan Women | Draw | Costa Rica Women |
94.19% ( 0.05) | 4.55% ( -0.06) | 1.27% ( 0.01) |
| Both teams to score 30.89% ( 0.84) |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
