Box Occupation
Costa Rica
Costa Rica kept getting bodies into the area — 77% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 10 of 13
- Share
- 77%
CONCACAF Nations League · League A · 1
Nicaragua
0 – 3
FT
HT 0–0
Costa Rica
Orlando Sinclair 57'
Carlos Mora 60'
kenyel vargas 90+7'
CONCACAF Nations League
League A · 1Nicaragua0–3Costa Rica
2
Shots in the box
10
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
57′60′97′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Nicaragua 0-3 Costa Rica
Costa Rica were far too strong for Nicaragua 3-0 at Nicaragua National Football Stadium in CONCACAF Nations League. Sinclair opened the scoring for Costa Rica on 57', Mora made it 2-0 to Costa Rica on 60' and vargas made it 3-0 to Costa Rica on 97'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Nicaragua took 2 of their 4 attempts inside the box, Costa Rica 10 of 13. Costa Rica held 64.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Costa Rica graded out for box occupation — 10 of 13 shots in the box.
Yerlan Sosa came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.7 for Costa Rica from 2 assists, 3 key passes and 1 shot.
It was a niggly afternoon: 27 fouls between them and 5 yellow cards, with Nicaragua conceding the most free-kicks (14).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
36%Possession64%
4Shots13
What the numbers say
2 readsLate Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Costa Rica scored on 97′.
- Goals after 80′
- 1
- Last goal
- 97′
Timeline
🔄19'
Juan Pablo Vargas ↑ Jeyland Mitchell ↓
Half-time
🔄56'
John Ruiz ↑ Darril Araya ↓
🔄56'
Erson Mendez ↑ Claudio Montero ↓
⚽57'
Orlando Sinclair — assist: Yerlan Sosa
Bancy Cristhoffer Hernández Soza ↑ Jonathan Moncada ↓
🔄59'
⚽60'
Carlos Mora — assist: Erson Mendez
Byron Bonilla ↑ Justing Cano ↓
🔄63'
Efraín Mejía ↑ Jorge García Hurtado ↓
🔄70'
luis juan perez
🟨71'
Efraín Mejía
🟨73'
🟨77'
Carlos Mora
🔄78'
Celso Borges ↑ Carlos Mora ↓
🔄78'
Gerson Torres ↑ Orlando Sinclair ↓
Ramon Estrada
🟨90+1'
🟨90+4'
Erson Mendez
⚽90+7'
kenyel vargas — assist: Yerlan Sosa
Match info
Kickoff
VenueNicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua
CompetitionCONCACAF Nations League
Season2025
RoundLeague A · 1
StatusMatch Finished