Perhaps a welcome break from league football as San Diego Wave W & OL Reign 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!
OL Reign W could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a NWSL game only four sleeps ago.
San Diego Wave W form and stats
San Diego Wave W was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Nwsl Challenge Cup Women.2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the NWSL numbers at home for San Diego Wave W so far this season.
The spoils were shared in San Diego Wave W's previous game, also at home. Visiting Portland Thorns W travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Houston Dash W.There will be little rest for Diego after this match as they are travelling to Sky Blue W for a NWSL game in only four days.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
OL Reign W form and stats
OL Reign W was sent out of Nwsl Challenge Cup Women in the semi-finals last season.As the visiting team in NWSL matches, OL Reign W have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 4-1 against Angel City W in their previous game.
Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Sky Blue W.A quick return to home after this game, as OL Reign W are hosting Portland Thorns W in the NWSL only three days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, OL Reign W has managed {4 goals} and let in 4 from 4 matches.
Head 2 Head
OL Reign W have pulled off a streak of 5 consecutive games without losing (3-2-0) when facing San Diego Wave W.Top Goalscorers
  A. Morgan 5 goals |  J. Shaw 3 goals |  J. Fishlock 3 goals |
San Diego Wave W missing players
OL Reign W missing players
| San Diego Wave W | OL Reign W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 27 | 13 | Conceded | C | 11 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.2 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 14.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.8 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 25% | ||
| 12 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 |
