Costa Rica vs New Zealand — World Cup - Qualification Play-offs: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
- 3′Costa Rica, goal:1–0assist
- 40′New Zealand, goal disallowed:Goal cancelled
- Half-time1 – 0
- 46′Costa Rica, substitution:offG. Torres
- 46′Costa Rica, substitution:off
- 46′Costa Rica, substitution:offK. Fuller
- 60′New Zealand, substitution:off
- 60′New Zealand, substitution:A. Greive
- 68′New Zealand, VAR review:Kosta BarbarousesCard upgrade
- 69′New Zealand, red card:Kosta BarbarousesFoul
- 70′New Zealand, yellow card:Argument
- 72′New Zealand, substitution:off
- 79′Costa Rica, substitution:off
- 79′New Zealand, substitution:
- 80′New Zealand, substitution:offC. Lewis
- 90+2′Costa Rica, yellow card:Foul
- 90+3′Costa Rica, substitution:off
- 90+4′Costa Rica, yellow card:Time wasting
- Full-time1 – 0
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Costa Rica vs New Zealand — the facts
Costa Rica beat New Zealand 1–0 (half-time 1–0).
Costa Rica met New Zealand in the World Cup - Qualification Play-offs (Finals). Kick-off was Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 18:00 UTC at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium. Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Alali.
Team pages: Costa Rica · New Zealand · World Cup - Qualification Play-offs
Key moments
- 3' Goal: Joel Campbell (assist: Jewison Bennette) — 1–0
- 69' Red card: Kosta Barbarouses
Starting line-ups
Costa Rica (4-4-2)
- 1 Keylor Navas
- 8 Bryan Oviedo
- 15 Francisco Calvo
- 6 Óscar Duarte
- 4 K. Fuller
- 9 Jewison Bennette
- 17 Yeltsin Tejeda
- 5 Celso Borges
- 13 G. Torres
- 7 Anthony Contreras
- 12 Joel Campbell
New Zealand (3-1-4-2)
- 1 O. Sail
- 4 Nando Pijnaker
- 2 Winston Reid
- 6 Bill Tuiloma
- 8 Joe Bell
- 13 Liberato Cacace
- 19 Matthew Garbett
- 15 C. Lewis
- 20 Niko Kirwan
- 9 Chris Wood
- 11 A. Greive
About this match
On this page: the Costa Rica vs New Zealand final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this World Cup - Qualification Play-offs fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the Costa Rica and New Zealand team pages or the World Cup - Qualification Play-offs page.

