National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's North Carolina Courage W or Sky Blue W that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for North Carolina Courage W and Sky Blue W.
North Carolina Courage W form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for North Carolina Courage W's two home games in the NWSL so far this season, having collected 3 points here at WakeMed Soccer Park.
Carolina's previous fixture was a Nwsl Challenge Cup Women game also played at their home, finishing 1-0 versus Sky Blue W. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Houston Dash W.North Carolina Courage W has scored {2 goals-1} so far and conceded {2 goals-2} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Sky Blue W form and stats
Sky Blue W was sent out of Nwsl Challenge Cup Women in the group stage last season.Sky Blue W have six points from their first three away games in the NWSL, meaning two victories and a loss.
The Sky Blue W goalkeeper Michelle Betos is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 298 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two away games in a row for Blue, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus North Carolina Courage W in the Nwsl Challenge Cup Women.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Kansas City's place.Sky Blue W have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Carolina victories, one draw and four Sky Blue W wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Williams 3 goals |   K. Nicoli Israel Ferraz 2 goals | M. Purce 2 goals |
North Carolina Courage W missing players
Sky Blue W missing players
| North Carolina Courage W | Sky Blue W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 18 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 8 | 18 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Conceded | C | 24 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 52% | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 1 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.1 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.6 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 31% | ||
| 10 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portland Thorns W | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 2 | OL Reign W | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | San Diego Wave W | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Washington Spirit W | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Sky Blue W | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Houston Dash W | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Kansas City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | North Carolina Courage W | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Angel City W | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Racing Louisville | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Chicago Red Stars W | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 4 |
| 12 | Orlando Pride | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
