Brazil

• Brazil have won nine of their 10 previous internationals against Costa Rica, losing only in a friendly in March 1960.
• Brazil are winless in three World Cup matches (D1 L2), their worst run since June 1978, when they went four matches without a win.
• Philippe Coutinho’s goal against Switzerland was his 11th for Brazil – five of those have come from outside the box.
• Neymar was fouled 10 times in their opening match against Switzerland – it was the most a player has been fouled in a World Cup match since 1998, when England striker Alan Shearer was fouled 11 times against Tunisia.

Costa Rica

• This is the third meeting between Brazil and Costa Rica at the World Cup, with the former inflicting Costa Rica’s first ever defeat on them at the tournament in 1990 (1-0), before a 5-2 victory in 2002.
• Costa Rica’s only previous World Cup victory against South American opposition came in the 2014 tournament (3-1 vs Uruguay). They’d lost their previous three against CONMEBOL sides beforehand.
• Costa Rica lost their first match against Serbia, ending a five-game unbeaten run at the World Cup finals – they haven’t lost back to back World Cup games since June 2006, when they lost four in a row.