National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Portland Thorns W or Angel City W that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the NWSL. That game, against OL Reign W, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Angel City W.
Portland Thorns W form and stats
Last season, Portland Thorns W's Nwsl Challenge Cup Women journey ended in the group stage.3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the NWSL numbers at home for Portland Thorns W so far this season.
An away draw last time out for Portland Thorns W, facing San Diego Wave W in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Chicago Red Stars W.Portland Thorns W are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 1 and lost 0.
The manager Norris will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to OL Reign W in only three days.
Portland are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (14 goals in 5 games). Portland Thorns W have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Angel City W form and stats
They also participated in Nwsl Challenge Cup Women last season. This ended in the group stage.1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Angel City W in their NWSL matches away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Angel as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-4 against OL Reign W.
A 0-0 draw at North Carolina Courage W's stadium before that.The travelling fans enjoy Angel City W's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Previous five meetings with these sides: Portland Thorns W won two, Angel City W triumphed in one and we saw two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Dunn 5 goals | S. Smith 4 goals | M. Weaver 3 goals |
Portland Thorns W missing players
Angel City W missing players
| Portland Thorns W | Angel City W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 53 | 33 | Scored | S | 13 | 29 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16.8 | 18.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 10 | ||
| 7.6 | 8.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 28% | ||
| 9.1 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sky Blue W | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Portland Thorns W | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 16 |
| 3 | OL Reign W | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | San Diego Wave W | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Washington Spirit W | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | North Carolina Courage W | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Houston Dash W | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Racing Louisville W | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Orlando Pride | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 10 | Angel City W | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Chicago Red Stars W | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -10 | 7 |
| 12 | Kansas City | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 6 |
