National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Racing Louisville W or Kansas City that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a NWSL game only three days ago.
Racing Louisville W form and stats
Louisville was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Nwsl Challenge Cup Women.Racing Louisville W must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three NWSL games here at Lynn Family Stadium.
Racing Louisville W's last game was hosting Chicago Red Stars W and winning 3-0.
Heartbreak before that as Racing Louisville W lost 0-1 at Orlando Pride's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Louisville have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 4 and lost 3.
There will be little rest for Racing Louisville W after this match as they are travelling to Kansas City for a NWSL game in only three days.
The Louisville manager Sáchez has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. On the other hand, Racing Louisville W have conceded 4 goals.
Kansas City form and stats
Last season their Nwsl Challenge Cup Women adventure ended in the semi-finals.No NWSL points yet away for Kansas City, from their first 3 matches.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus San Diego Wave W with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
It was a NWSL defeat before that one as the away game against Angel City W wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.A new game in only three days for Kansas City, the NWSL home match versus Racing Louisville W. Busy days.
Kansas City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). The opposition has been scoring high and low on Kansas's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Last seven meetings with these sides: Racing Louisville W won three, Kansas City triumphed in two and we saw two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Kizer 3 goals |  D. de Oliveira 2 goals |
Racing Louisville W missing players
Kansas City missing players
| Racing Louisville W | Kansas City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.5 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 23% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| 14.5 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10 | ||
| 7.5 | 6.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Washington Spirit W | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | OL Reign W | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Sky Blue W | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Portland Thorns W | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | San Diego Wave W | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | North Carolina Courage W | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Houston Dash W | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Angel City W | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Racing Louisville W | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Orlando Pride | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 11 | Kansas City | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | Chicago Red Stars W | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
