NWSL news and data: North Carolina Courage W moderate front runner to overcome OL Reign W

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Competition: USA NWSL
Competition: Sat 17.September
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: WakeMed Soccer Park (10000 seats)

This campaign has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, boom and bust giving mid-table places so far. Get set for North Carolina Courage W - OL Reign W!

Insights:
  • North Carolina Courage W is in the best form (5-0-1) in NWSL
  • OL Reign W have the fewest conceded goals (18) in NWSL

There have been limited time to rest for the hosts, as they played a NWSL match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Angel City W, was also a home game here at WakeMed Soccer Park. The away team is better rested.

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North Carolina Courage W form and stats

4-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the NWSL numbers at home for North Carolina Courage W so far this season. After failing to beat Kansas City here at WakeMed Soccer Park, North Carolina Courage W has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

The North Carolina Courage W club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Angel City W and win 1-0.

Ahead of that match, Carolina won a home game hosting Racing Louisville (5-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how North Carolina Courage W have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league matches with this club has contained at least three goals.

There will be little rest for Carolina after this match as they are travelling to Orlando Pride for a NWSL game in only four days.

Goals are plentiful at WakeMed Soccer Park in the league this season as North Carolina Courage W has scored 23 goals here in 9 home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the North Carolina Courage W defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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OL Reign W form and stats

As the visiting team in NWSL matches, OL Reign W have produced an overall stat of 2-3-3 so far.

Reign played 2-2 against Chicago Red Stars W in their previous match.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Orlando Pride.

Will both teams score at least one goal each? This club's latest fixtures suggest that, having completed 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the OL Reign W manager Harvey as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sky Blue W.

9 goals have been conceded by OL Reign W in these games.

Head 2 Head

Interestingly enough, the last time OL Reign W kept a "clean sheet" was also versus this opposition, nine league matches ago (Reign - North Carolina Courage W 2-0). H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): North Carolina Courage W one win, one draw and OL Reign W one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

North Carolina Courage WD. Ordonez
D. Ordonez
11 goals
North Carolina Courage WD. de Oliveira
D. de Oliveira
7 goals
North Carolina Courage WK. Nicoli Israel Ferraz
K. Nicoli Israel Ferraz
6 goals

North Carolina Courage W missing players

OL Reign W missing players

North Carolina Courage W OL Reign W
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 1 8 18
7 4 1 Won W 1 2 7
4 1 0 Drew D 0 3 7
7 4 1 Lost L 0 3 4
39 23 4 Scored S 3 8 24
31 16 4 Conceded C 2 9 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
83% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 61%
72% 78% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 38% 44%
56% 67% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 12% 28%
39% 44% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 12% 11%
67% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 56%
22% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 33%
11% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 22%
 
4.8 5.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 1 5 4.4
5.6 4.1 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.5 3.9
1.1 0.6 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.1 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 13.3 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 17 13.4 15.1
5.7 6.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 11 6 7.4
39% 39% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 17% 17%
 
11 8.9 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5 10.2 10.2
5.7 4.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 4.8
Key stats in NWSL this season:
  • North Carolina Courage W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • North Carolina Courage W have scored at least twice as many goals at home as OL Reign W have scored away.
  • North Carolina Courage W have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in NWSL
  • North Carolina Courage W have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in NWSL
  • North Carolina Courage W have the most scored goals (23) at home in NWSL
  • North Carolina Courage W have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in NWSL
  • North Carolina Courage W haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • North Carolina Courage W is in the best form (5-0-1) in NWSL
  • OL Reign W have the fewest conceded goals (18) in NWSL
  • OL Reign W have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in NWSL

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kansas City 19 9 5 5 25 27 9 4 4 1 13 11 10 5 1 4 12 16 -2 32
2 Portland Thorns W 18 8 7 3 39 20 9 4 3 2 21 8 9 4 4 1 18 12 19 31
3 San Diego Wave W 19 9 4 6 29 19 9 4 3 2 15 9 10 5 1 4 14 10 10 31
4 Chicago Red Stars W 19 8 6 5 32 24 9 5 3 1 14 6 10 3 3 4 18 18 8 30
5 Houston Dash W 19 8 6 5 32 24 10 3 4 3 16 13 9 5 2 2 16 11 8 30
6 OL Reign W 18 7 7 4 24 18 10 5 4 1 16 9 8 2 3 3 8 9 6 28
7 Angel City W 18 7 5 6 20 20 9 4 2 3 9 8 9 3 3 3 11 12 0 26
8 North Carolina Courage W 18 7 4 7 39 31 9 4 1 4 23 16 9 3 3 3 16 15 8 25
9 Orlando Pride 19 5 6 8 20 37 9 1 4 4 12 19 10 4 2 4 8 18 -17 21
10 Racing Louisville 19 3 8 8 19 31 10 2 3 5 10 17 9 1 5 3 9 14 -12 17
11 Washington Spirit W 18 2 10 6 22 26 9 2 3 4 12 14 9 0 7 2 10 12 -4 16
12 Sky Blue W 18 4 0 14 13 37 9 1 0 8 5 18 9 3 0 6 8 19 -24 12