Spain vs Costa Rica. Prediction and Betting Tips for 2022 World Cup

Luis Enrique was criticized for his choice of players for the World Cup, as the only player from the legendary 2010 team that he called was Sergio Busquets. The rest of the team is much younger. 

Last year, Spain national team was one of the favourites at the Euro 2020. The team confidently qualified from the group and beat Croatia and Switzerland to reach the semifinals, but in the semifinal match they lost on penalties to the eventual champions Italy. In the World Cup 2022 qualifying, Furia Roja finished on top of the group with 19 points. 

Spain beat Jordan 3:1 in a friendly and will hope to make an impressive start in Qatar this Wednesday. The only injury concern for Enrique is Hugo Guillamon. 

Costa Rica national team has the lowest estimated chance (9.8%) of progressing to the last 16 - Luis Fernando Suarezand his charges got a very tough group with such opponents as Spain, Germany, and Japan. For Costa Rica, this is the third consecutive World Cup. In 2014, the team made it into the quarterfinals after finishing on top of England, Italy, and Uruguay in the group.

Many of those players are still in the team and will be looking to put up a fight against the 2010 world champions in the first group game. Costa Rica are in good form - they won nine of their last 10 official games. On June 14, Suarez's team beat New Zealand (1:0) in the playoffs, which allowed them to get into this competition.