National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kansas City or Chicago Red Stars W that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Kansas City form and stats
Kansas City participated in Nwsl Challenge Cup Women the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.3-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the NWSL numbers at home for Kansas City so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager Sjöblom led his Kansas to a defeat away at OL Reign W. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Children's Mercy Park.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against North Carolina Courage W.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the NWSL game versus Washington Spirit W in only four days. This game is also played here at Children's Mercy Park.
Kansas City have scored {6 league goals} here from 7 matches, not a lot. 10 goals have been conceded.
Chicago Red Stars W form and stats
Last season their Nwsl Challenge Cup Women adventure ended in the group stage.The visitors are W1-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the NWSL.
The manager Petrucelli was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Chicago Red Stars W suffered a 0-5 loss to North Carolina Courage W. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against North Carolina Courage W was particularly ugly (0-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Angel City W.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Portland Thorns W in just four days.
Chicago are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). There are big problems for the Chicago Red Stars W defense as they have conceded 16 goals in 5 away games.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last nine meetings involving these two contenders are: two wins for Kansas, two draws and five wins for Chicago Red Stars W. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Kizer 3 goals | I. Rodriguez 2 goals |  D. de Oliveira 2 goals |
Kansas City missing players
Chicago Red Stars W missing players
| Kansas City | Chicago Red Stars W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 16 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 30 | ||
| 39 | 14 | Conceded | C | 34 | 50 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 40% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10 | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 33% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | ||
| 10.5 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 5.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | San Diego Wave W | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Washington Spirit W | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | Portland Thorns W | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 | OL Reign W | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Sky Blue W | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | North Carolina Courage W | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Houston Dash W | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Orlando Pride | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 9 | Racing Louisville W | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Chicago Red Stars W | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 10 |
| 11 | Angel City W | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Kansas City | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
