Costa Rica vs Germany December 1st: Head-to-Head Statistics, Line-ups, Prediction for the 2022 World Cup Match

Victory will mean the world to one of Costa Rica or Germany who will do battle against each other for a place in the Round of 16 on Thursday, December 1st, 2022. This exciting encounter will be played in Al Bayt Stadium concurrently with the game involving Japan and Spain in accordance with the third-leg format of all group stages in international competitions. 

Viewers can catch all the action of the third leg encounter between these sides and many more on ITV and BBC if they are UK residents.

United State residents can enjoy the action from Fox Sports and Telemundo Deportes or from live streaming sources like SLING TV or FuboTV for those whose packages include Fox Sporting Channels

French residents can catch a glimpse of the action from TF1 and beIN Sports.

• FIFA Ranking 31st;
• Last five Matches: DWWLW;

A rejuvenated Costa Rican team who found their mojo against Japan will seek to end the German's dream of equaling Brazil's world cup figure. Having suffered a humiliating seven-goal mauling at the hands of Spain, Luis Fernando Suarez's men took the game to Japan confidently in a bid to redeem the country's footballing image. Opportunities in the first half were few and far between and both sides settled for a draw with the best chance of the half coming when Ritsu Doan whirled in a cross from the six-yard box and found no Japanese touch to do the damage. Costa Rica then found the deadlock in the 81st minute of the game when Spence Fuller took advantage of a poor Japanese clearance to beat Shuichi Gonda and set up an interesting match to watch when they played Spain.

(4 - 1 - 4 -1) S. Gonda, M. Yamane, K. Itakura, M. Yoshida, Y. Nagatomo, W. Endo, R. Doan, D. Kamada, H. Morita, Y. Soma, A. Ueda.

• FIFA Ranking 11th;
• Last five Matches: LDWLD;

Substitute Nicklas Fuellkrug replicated substitute Morata's cameo to snatch a late point in the hands of an organized Spanish side. Defeat would have spelled doom for Hansi Flick's men as their disappointing outing in the hands of Japan in their opening fixture piled the pressure on the German side. Real Madrid's Anthony Rudiger felt he had found the breakthrough in the 40th minute when he headed in Joshua Kimmich's free-kick only for his celebration to be cut short by VAR. The Germans got their first world cup point when Fullkrug got the equalizer after Morata's superb flick gave Spain a deserved lead. The German national team will go all out on Thursday to avoid a repeat of their 2018 world cup outing.

( 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 ) Manuel Neuer, N. Sule, A. Rudiger, N. Schlotterbeck, D. Raum, J. Kimmich, I. Gundogan, S. Gnabry, T. Muller, J Musiala, K. Harvertz 

Germany will walk into their third encounter as the favorites. If they leave no room for complacency, a (1:0) handicap bet in favor of Germany at 1.30 odds on Betway sportsbook is a good prediction from our expert team.

It's going to be a busy day at the office for Die Mannschaft. Goal scoring will be Flick's dressing room sermon. An Over 2.5 bet at 1.29 odds at 1xBet is our pundit's second pick of the day.

The Costa Rican side might likely fall early to the German rush. The four-time World cup winners would not want to leave it late against Los Ticos. A half-time/Fulltime win at 1.40 odds at Bet365 sportsbook has a high chance of coming through.