Bahamas vs Costa Rica Preview & Prediction | 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying (CONCACAF)

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Group B high-flyers Costa Rica come into this encounter as heavy favourites against bottom-placed Bahamas.

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How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – Fubo

Key stats

• The Bahamas are without a win in their last nine World Cup qualifying matches (D1 L8), since a 6-0 victory against the Turks and Caicos Islands in July 2011.
• Costa Rica are unbeaten in their last ten World Cup qualifying matches (W9 D1). They have won seven in a row which is their second-best sequence of successive wins after a run of eight consecutive wins in the 2010 prelims.
• Costa Rica have kept eight clean sheets in their last nine World Cup qualifying matches.

Bahamas vs Costa Rica prediction

Bahamas are still without a point in Group B, which has ultimately cost them qualification to the next round with them now unable to make it into the top two, even with a win in this one. They’ve lost all three of their matches, all whilst giving up a total of 14 goals and scoring just one. That’s more goals conceded than the rest of Group B put together.

Costa Rica were heavily favoured to qualify from Group B come the start of this qualification round and so far, they haven’t let their fans down. Victories against both Saint Kitts and Nevis and Grenada saw them pile up seven goals without giving up a single one in response.

Bahamas are unlikely to keep out Costa Rica for long over the course of this match and the visitors winning not only has to be favoured, but also for them to do so by at least two clear goals.

Bahamas vs Costa Rica tip: Costa Rica to win with -1 handicap