{"id":620048,"date":"2022-12-01T11:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T16:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=620048"},"modified":"2022-12-01T11:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T16:37:30","slug":"costa-rica-vs-germany-predictions-best-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/12\/01\/costa-rica-vs-germany-predictions-best-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica vs Germany Predictions and Best Odds for December 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With it all still to play for in Group E this is a massive game for both nations. The two countries currently occupy the third and fourth spots in the group but there is a clear path to qualification for both. Let&#8217;s preview this match-up in what is proving to be a very hectic group phase for all four teams.<\/p>\n<h2>Costa Rica vs Germany Prediction and Betting Odds for Group E Clash<\/h2>\n<p><a id=\"3DCRh3OFRFt9vHgVWmWqXQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1245139753\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'3DCRh3OFRFt9vHgVWmWqXQ',sig:'8BP1L7tSl4YjXpHCFyR-s3pDH4SwPTQeqRHmF1hUCNQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1245139753',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Costa Rica Run of Form<\/h3>\n<p>More often than not, Costa Rica is a difficult team to break down. They qualified for the World Cup thanks to a run of five wins in six games to start 2022, during which they conceded just one goal. This defensive resistance makes their opening day 7-0 defeat to Spain all the more surprising.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/11\/22\/preview-costa-rica-world-cup-group-e\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Preview: Can Costa Rica make noise, and provide an upset, in Group E?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They regained their composure for their win over Japan and kept a clean sheet in the process, proving once again that they will be difficult to score against.<\/p>\n<h3>Germany Run of Form<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the talent on the pitch, Germany are not getting the job done results-wise. A disappointing Nations League run in mid-2022 was capped off by a 2-1 defeat to Japan in their World Cup opener. If not for a late equaliser against Spain they would be coming into this game without a single point to their name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/11\/22\/germany-world-cup-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Germany World Cup Preview; Can Die Mannschaft Claim Their Fifth Star?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saying that the wheels have come off is a slight exaggeration, but all is certainly not well for a once-dominant force in international football.<\/p>\n<h3>What Each Team Needs<\/h3>\n<p>This largely depends on the result of the game between Japan and Spain. What is a guarantee is that a win for Luis Fernando Suarez&#8217;s team will see them qualify for the next round. After that, things get quite muddy as a defeat will guarantee their exit but a draw leaves them with hope.<\/p>\n<p>Hansi Flick&#8217;s side need to win or else they will be eliminated. A win may not be enough, however, as they will need the other Group E game to go their way with a Red Fury win seeing them through, a draw, or a win for the Samurai Blues complicates matters.<\/p>\n<h3>Costa Rica vs Germany Prediction<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;re genuinely unsure about Die Nationalmannschaft and their ability to break down their opponent&#8217;s defence. They haven&#8217;t been playing nearly well enough to have faith that they can dig in deep and put the ball past Keylor Navas.<\/p>\n<p>Call us crazy but we think Los Ticos will have more enthusiasm to win and enough defensive capability to get a result.<\/p>\n<h3>Current Betting Odds: Costa Rica vs Germany<\/h3>\n<p>SkyBet has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/fifa-world-ranking\/men\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">11th-ranked side in the world<\/a> as the favourites to win with odds of 1\/14. Those are some frankly baffling numbers given the spotty form they&#8217;ve shown all years. Their opponents are at 28\/1 odds of taking the three points, which basically means the betting market is giving them no chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With it all still to play for in Group E this is a massive game for both nations. The two countries currently occupy the third and fourth spots in the group but there is a clear path to qualification for both. Let&#8217;s preview this match-up in what is proving to be a very hectic group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":620065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2132],"tags":[4432,2123,351],"class_list":["post-620048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-cup","tag-2022-world-cup","tag-costa-rica","tag-germany"],"modified_by":"Raheem Bashir, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}