June 14 – Group D debuts. Rooney hasn’t scored for 594 minutes in World Cup football, Diego Forlan scored 3 of Uruguay’s last 5, Itay have scored in last 14 of their World Cup games, Costa Rica have lost their last 4 games at the World Cup.
Uruguay v Costa Rica
Head to Head games
08/12/59 Costa Rica v Uruguay 1-2 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/costa-rica-v-uruguay-08-december-1959-250030/
13/12/59 Costa Rica v Uruguay 2-2 (CONCACAF Championship)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/costa-rica-v-uruguay-13-december-1959-250031/
04/02/90 Uruguay v Costa Rica 2-0 (Marlboro Cup)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/uruguay-v-costa-rica-04-february-1990-242238/
14/05/91 Costa Rica v Uruguay 0-1 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/costa-rica-v-uruguay-14-may-1991-242891/
02/08/92 Uruguay v Costa Rica 2-1 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/uruguay-v-costa-rica-02-august-1992-243682/
18/08/99 Uruguay v Costa Rica 5-4 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/uruguay-v-costa-rica-18-august-1999-267371/
16/07/01 Uruguay v Costa Rica 1-1 (Copa America)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/uruguay-v-costa-rica-16-july-2001-270940/
22/07/01 Costa Rica v Uruguay 1-2 (Copa America)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/costa-rica-v-uruguay-22-july-2001-247910/
14/11/09 Costa Rica v Uruguay 0-1 (FIFA World Cup)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/costa-rica-v-uruguay-14-november-2009-289024/
18/11/09 Uruguay v Costa Rica 1-1 (FIFA World Cup)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/uruguay-v-costa-rica-18-november-2009-289087/
FIFA Ranking (June 5th 2014)
Uruguay: Rank: 7 Points: 1147
Costa Rica: Rank: 28 Points: 762
World Cup 2014 Qualifying
Uruguay
Fifth in CONMEBOL Group with 25 points (P16 W7 D4 L5 GF25 GA25)
Play-off v Jordan (AFC Group): Jordan 0 – 5 Uruguay, Uruguay 0 – 0 Jordan
Costa Rica
Second in CONCACAF Group with 18 points (P10 W5 D3 L2 GF13 GA7)
Uruguay v Costa Rica stats
Uruguay won the 1950 World Cup held in Brazil, defeating the hosts in the final.
Uruguay defeated Costa Rica 2-1 in a play-off to qualify for the 2010 World Cup finals.
Luis Suarez was the top scorer in the South American World Cup qualifiers (11 goals).
Diego Forlan has scored 3 of Uruguay’s last 5 goals at the World Cup.
Costa Rica have lost their last 4 games at the World Cup, conceding 14 goals.
Costa Rica have lost all 3 previous games against South American opposition at the World Cup, conceding 9 goals.
Oscar Tabarez has been in charge of Uruguay since February 2006, making him the longest serving of the 32 2014 World Cup coaches.
Alvaro Saborio, Costa Rica’s top scorer in qualifying (with 8 goals) is out of the squad injured.
Last 10 Matches
Uruguay
WWWLWWDDWW
14/08/13 Japan 2 – 4 Uruguay (International)
07/09/13 Peru 1 – 2 Uruguay (World Cup Qualification South America)
10/09/13 Uruguay 2 – 0 Colombia (World Cup Qualification South America)
11/10/13 Ecuador 1 – 0 Uruguay (World Cup Qualification South America)
16/10/13 Uruguay 3 – 2 Argentina (World Cup Qualification South America)
13/11/13 Jordan 0 – 5 Uruguay (World Cup Qualification Intercontinental Play-offs)
20/11/13 Uruguay 0 – 0 Jordan (World Cup Qualification Intercontinental Play-offs)
05/03/14 Austria 1 – 1 Uruguay (International)
31/05/14 Uruguay 1 – 0 Northern Ireland (International)
05/06/14 Uruguay 2 – 0 Slovenia (International)
Goals for: 20 Goals against: 7
Costa Rica:
WDLWLLLWLD
07/09/13 Costa Rica 3 – 1 United States (World Cup Qualification CONCACAF)
11/09/13 Jamaica 1 – 1 Costa Rica (World Cup Qualification CONCACAF)
11/10/13 Honduras 1 – 0 Costa Rica (World Cup Qualification CONCACAF)
16/10/13 Costa Rica 2 – 1 Mexico (World Cup Qualification CONCACAF)
19/11/13 Australia 1 – 0 Costa Rica (International)
23/01/14 Chile 4 – 0 Costa Rica (International)
26/01/14 Costa Rica 0 – 1 Korea Republic (International)
06/03/14 Costa Rica 2 – 1 Paraguay (International)
03/06/14 Costa Rica 1 – 3 Japan (International)
07/06/14 Costa Rica 1 – 1 Republic of Ireland (International)
Goals for: 10 Goals against: 15
England v Italy
Head to Head games
13/05/33 Italy v England 1-1 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-13-may-1933-224268/
14/11/34 England v Italy 3-2 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-14-november-1934-224445/
13/05/39 Italy v England 2-2 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-13-may-1939-224966/
16/05/48 Italy v England 0-4 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-16-may-1948-225556/
30/11/49 England v Italy 2-0 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-30-november-1949-225768/
18/05/52 Italy v England 1-1 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-18-may-1952-226060/
06/05/59 England v Italy 2-2 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-06-may-1959-227286/
24/05/61 Italy v England 2-3 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-24-may-1961-227920/
14/06/73 Italy v England 2-0 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-14-june-1973-232457/
14/11/73 England v Italy 0-1 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-14-november-1973-232647/
28/05/76 England v Italy 3-2 (Bi-Centenary)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-28-may-1976-233791/
17/11/76 Italy v England 2-0 (FIFA World Cup)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-17-november-1976-234042/
16/11/77 England v Italy 2-0 (FIFA World Cup)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-16-november-1977-234525/
15/06/80 Italy v England 1-0 (European Championship)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-15-june-1980-235924/
06/06/85 Italy v England 2-1(City Tournament)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-06-june-1985-239274/
15/11/89 England v Italy 0-0 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-15-november-1989-242158/
07/07/90 Italy v England 2-1 (FIFA World Cup)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-07-july-1990-242462/
12/02/97 England v Italy 0-1 (FIFA World Cup)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-12-february-1997-247262/
04/06/97 Italy v England 0-2 (Tournoi de France)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-04-june-1997-247806/
11/10/97 Italy v England 0-0 (FIFA World Cup)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-11-october-1997-247444/
15/11/2000 Italy v England 1-0 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/italy-v-england-15-november-2000-269867/
27/03/02 England v Italy 1-2 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-27-march-2002-248857/
24/06/12 England v Italy 0-0 (2-4) (European Championship)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-24-june-2012-297620/
15/08/12 England v Italy 2-1 (International)
http://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-italy-15-august-2012-298640/
FIFA Ranking (June 5th 2014)
England: Rank: 10 Points: 1090
Italy: Rank: 9 Points: 1104
World Cup 2014 Qualifying
England
First in UEFA Group H with 22 points (P10 W6 D4 L0 GF31 GA4)
Italy
First in UEFA Group B with 22 points (P10 W6 D4 L0 GF19 GA9)
England v Italy
The only previous World Cup meeting was the 1990 3rd place play-off: Italy won 2-1.
England won the last encounter 2-1 in August 2012.
England
England have lost only 1 of 15 matches played abroad under Hodgson (W6, D8).
England have scored all eight World Cup penalties they have been awarded (excl penalty shoot-outs).
England have only lost 2 of their last 16 World Cup games (W7, D7), excluding penalty shoot-outs.
Wayne Rooney has failed to score in 594 minutes of World Cup football for England.Luke Shaw is the youngest player at the World Cup apart from Cameroon’s Fabrice Olinga.
Italy
Since 3 July 1998 against France, Italy have scored in every one of their last 14 games at the World Cup (the best current run).
7 of Italy’s last 17 goals at the World Cup have been scored from corners.
Italy have appeared in 18 World Cup – the same as Germany and only 2 behind Brazil.
Last 10 Matches
England
WDWWLLWWDD
06/09/13 England 4 – 0 Moldova (World Cup Qualification Europe)
10/09/13 Ukraine 0 – 0 England (World Cup Qualification Europe)
11/10/13 England 4 – 1 Montenegro (World Cup Qualification Europe)
15/10/13 England 2 – 0 Poland (World Cup Qualification Europe)
15/11/13 England 0 – 2 Chile (International)
19/11/13 England 0 – 1 Germany (International)
05/03/14 England 1 – 0 Denmark (International)
30/05/14 England 3 – 0 Peru (International)
04/06/14 Ecuador 2 – 2 England (International)
07/06/14 England 0 – 0 Honduras (International)
Goals for: 16 Goals against: 6
Italy
WWDDDDLDDW
06/09/13 Italy 1 – 0 Bulgaria (World Cup Qualification Europe)
10/09/13 Italy 2 – 1 Czech Republic (World Cup Qualification Europe)
11/10/13 Denmark 2 – 2 Italy (World Cup Qualification Europe)
15/10/13 Italy 2 – 2 Armenia (World Cup Qualification Europe)
15/11/13 Italy 1 – 1 Germany (International)
18/11/13 Italy 2 – 2 Nigeria (International)
05/03/14 Spain 1 – 0 Italy (International)
31/05/14 Italy 0 – 0 Republic of Ireland (International)
04/06/14 Italy 1 – 1 Luxembourg (International)
08/06/14 Fluminense 3 – 5 Italy (Club v Nation)
Goals for: 16 Goals against: 13