National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Washington Spirit W or North Carolina Courage W that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Washington Spirit W nor North Carolina Courage W as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Washington Spirit W form and stats
Last season, Washington's Nwsl Challenge Cup Women journey ended in the final.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Audi Field as Washington Spirit W have scored 8 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the NWSL are 3-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The Washington Spirit W club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Angel City W and win 2-1.
In the match before that, Washington Spirit W hosted Racing Louisville and drew the NWSL game 1-1.Washington are traveling soon after this match as the NWSL match at Kansas City awaits in four days.
Washington Spirit W has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Washington Spirit W are not conceding a lot of goals here at Audi Field in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.
North Carolina Courage W form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for North Carolina Courage W, as they won the Nwsl Challenge Cup Women.As the visiting team in NWSL matches, North Carolina Courage W have produced an overall stat of 3-0-3 so far.
Carolina play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-0 victory visiting Chicago Red Stars W. As mentioned above, North Carolina Courage W was the only team on the pitch versus Chicago Red Stars W in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Kansas City's place.After this away game North Carolina Courage W return home for a NWSL game against Orlando Pride. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Carolina has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Washington Spirit W won four, North Carolina Courage W were winners in two and we saw four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals. Hatch likes to face North Carolina Courage W and have scored 9 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Nicoli Israel Ferraz 7 goals |  A. Hatch 6 goals | T. Rodman 4 goals |
Washington Spirit W missing players
North Carolina Courage W missing players
| Washington Spirit W | North Carolina Courage W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 19 | 46 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 16% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.1 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 12 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | ||
| 11.6 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
