Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Racing Louisville W & Houston Dash W face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Nwsl Challenge Cup Women. All the pre-match information is available here!
Houston Dash W could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a NWSL game only three sleeps ago.
Racing Louisville W form and stats
Last season, Louisville's Nwsl Challenge Cup Women journey ended in the group stage.Racing Louisville W have collected 6 points from their NWSL home games so far after 1-3-1.
The spoils were shared in Racing Louisville W's previous game, also at home. Visiting San Diego Wave W travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
1-1 away at Washington Spirit W before that.This is expected to be a close game, with Racing Louisville W perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Racing Louisville W as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Racing Louisville W has won 1 of these, drawn 5 and lost 4.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sky Blue W are coming to town in four days.
The Racing Louisville W fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Louisville have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Houston Dash W form and stats
They also participated in Nwsl Challenge Cup Women last season. This ended in the group stage.The visitors are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the NWSL.
Houston Dash W's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Sky Blue W that finished 1-1.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Orlando Pride.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Houston Dash W in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Houston, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
After this away game Houston Dash W return home for a NWSL game against OL Reign W. That game is only three sleeps after this.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Houston Dash W have not lost in the last 7 fixtures (4-3-0) facing Louisville.Top Goalscorers
  M. Sanchez Morales 3 goals |   K. Davis 2 goals |
Racing Louisville W missing players
Houston Dash W missing players
| Racing Louisville W | Houston Dash W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Conceded | C | 11 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.4 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 24% | ||
| 15.4 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.1 | ||
| 7.1 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 |
