2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Match 37 Group D Costa Rica Vs England Tuesday June 24,2014

  Costa Rica  Vs England at Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte

Managers

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Costa Rica and England have never met previously.

Costa Rica

• Costa Rica have played seven World Cup matches against European sides, beating Sweden 2-1 and Scotland 1-0 in 1990 and defeating Italy 1-0 in their last game during the current tournament. They have also recorded one draw and three defeats.
• The Ticos are the third North or Central American country to have reached the knockout stages at more than one World Cups, after USA and Mexico. They had previously qualified for the knockout stage in 1990.
• Costa Rica have scored at least once in nine of their last 10 World Cup matches.
• Michael Umana could make his sixth World Cup appearance, which would equal the Costa Rican record held by Luis Marin, Mauricio Solis, Paulo Wanchope, Ronald Gomez and Walter Centeno.

England

• England have been eliminated at the initial group stage for the first time since the 1958 World Cup.
• This is the first time England have lost their first two matches at a World Cup.
• The only World Cup in which England failed to win a game was 1958 (D3, L1).
• England have won one of their last seven World Cup matches (D3, L3), a 1-0 success over Slovenia in the group stage four years ago.
• They have conceded eight goals in their last three World Cup games, as many as the previous 14 games combined.
• England have played four World Cup matches against Concacaf nations, winning two and drawing and losing one.

Eliminated England have made nine changes to the side that lost to Uruguay for their final World Cup Group D match against Costa Rica.

Of the 11 players that Roy Hodgson selected for England's defeats by Italy and Uruguay, only Sturridge and centre-back Gary Cahill have kept their places.

Ben Foster replaces Joe Hart in goal, while James Milner, Frank Lampard, Ross Barkley, Jack Wilshere and Adam Lallana are brought into midfield.

Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw come into the defence.

The Match Ended in a Goalless Draw
  
England bow out of World Cup 2014 with goalless draw against Costa Rica

England finished bottom of Group D with just one point

Not like June 20, 2006. Remember that date. It was the last time England scored more than a single goal in a game at the World Cup finals. A 2-2 draw with Sweden in the final group game in Cologne under Sven Goran Eriksson. This was the ninth World Cup match and England’s record reads: one, nil, one, nil, one, one, one, one, nil.