Spain vs. Costa Rica live stream, TV channel, start time, odds
On Friday, July 21 at 3:30 AM ET, Spain will square off against Costa Rica at Westpac Stadium in its first match of the 2023 Women’s World Cup group stage.
Tune in to Fox Sports 1 to watch this match.
Here’s everything you need to prepare for Friday’s World Cup matchup.
Spain vs. Costa Rica Match Information
- Date: Friday, July 21, 2023
- Time: 3:30 AM ET
- Location: Wellington, New Zealand
- Venue: Westpac Stadium
- TV Channel: FOX Sports Networks
- Favorite Moneyline: Spain -9412
- Underdog Moneyline: Costa Rica +4750
- Draw Moneyline: +2000
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- Spain was knocked out by the United States in the Round of 16 of the 2019 World Cup, 2-1.
- At the most recent World Cup, Jennifer Hermoso was the team’s top scorer with three goals.
- Lucia Garcia added one goal and had one assist.
- In 2022, Spain was 6-5-2 versus teams that qualified for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, with a goal differential of +16. This year its record versus fellow World Cup squads is 5-0-1 (+16 goal differential).
- In its most recent game with a fellow 2023 Women’s World Cup participant — versus Vietnam on July 13 — Spain won 9-0.
- Costa Rica was not one of the 24 teams that took part in the 2019 World Cup, as it did not qualify.
- So far this year, Costa Rica is 1-1-1 versus fellow 2023 Women’s World Cup teams, with a goal differential of +1. In 2022, it went 2-1-7 in such matches (-10 goal differential).
- On July 3, Costa Rica posted a 2-0 win over Haiti. That was its previous game versus a fellow 2023 Women’s World Cup team.
- On Spain’s roster, there are 21 players (91.3% of its roster) who compete domestically in Liga F. That’s more players than any other league.
- Spain’s roster doesn’t include any players who also play in the NWSL.
- More Costa Rica players (19) play domestically in Costa Rica Primera Division Women than any other league. Saprissa FF is the club team with the most Costa Rica players (seven).
- One Costa Rica player (Raquel Rodriguez) also competes in the NWSL. Her team is Portland Thorns FC.
