Overview
- Costa Rica hosts Nicaragua at Estadio Nacional at 8:00 p.m. local time, with TV in Costa Rica on Teletica and Repretel and in Nicaragua on NicaSports, and U.S. coverage listed on Paramount+, fuboTV, Universo/Telemundo, Amazon Prime Video and CBS Sports Network, with Concacaf GO/YouTube available in some regions.
- Haiti and Honduras lead Group C with 5 points, Costa Rica has 3 and Nicaragua 1, making the Oct. 13 fixtures decisive for direct qualification hopes and repechage positioning.
- Costa Rica drew 0-0 away to Honduras in the last round, Nicaragua lost 0-3 at home to Haiti, and the two Central American rivals played 1-1 on Sept. 5 in this stage.
- The regional rivalry is lopsided historically, with Costa Rica holding 17 wins, two draws and one loss against Nicaragua across 20 meetings.
- Honduras hosts Haiti earlier in Tegucigalpa in a head-to-head for the group lead, with local authorities issuing a 24-hour red alert for the area, and pre‑match lineups across outlets remain provisional rather than officially confirmed.