Evenly matched teams: OL Reign W vs Washington Spirit W match preview

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Competition: USA NWSL
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: CenturyLink Field (68000 seats)

OL Reign W receive Washington Spirit W for another absorbing NWSL game here at CenturyLink Field.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a NWSL game only four days ago. That game, against Portland Thorns W, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Washington Spirit W.

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OL Reign W form and stats

A NWSL draw at home so far for OL Reign W. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 12 matches.

The Reign coach Harvey and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Portland Thorns W (placed 5th).

In the match before that, OL Reign W hosted Racing Louisville and drew the game 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with OL Reign W perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Reign as a small favourite), we find 4 games. OL Reign W has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.

The match schedule is unforgiving for OL Reign W as they have a new game in only three days, a NWSL match thankfully also at home. Kansas City are visiting.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the OL Reign W at home in the league. 2 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Washington Spirit W form and stats

The visitors are W0-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the NWSL.

Washington are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Portland Thorns W (placed 5th).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Angel City W.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Washington Spirit W playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 2 Washington Spirit W wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Washington Spirit W have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

These teams faced each other earlier on this season: Washington Spirit W - Reign 2-1. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - one - four (OL Reign W wins - draws - Washington Spirit W wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

OL Reign WT. King
T. King
2 goals
Washington Spirit WA. Hatch
A. Hatch
2 goals
OL Reign WR. Lavelle
R. Lavelle
1 goals

OL Reign W missing players

Washington Spirit W missing players

OL Reign W Washington Spirit W
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
3 2 2 Scored S 0 1 3
4 2 2 Conceded C 0 1 3
67% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
4.5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 12 7
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4.3
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 12.3
3.5 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 8 8
14% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 12%
 
18 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 9.7
9.5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 4
OL Reign W Last season Washington Spirit W
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
24 13   Played P   13 26
12 8   Won W   6 14
3 1   Drew D   4 6
9 4   Lost L   3 6
35 23   Scored S   16 34
26 14   Conceded C   15 25
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
79% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 73%
46% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 46%
17% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 12%
12% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
42% 38%   BTTS BTTS   54% 50%
33% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 35%
29% 31%   Failed to Score F T   23% 23%
 
6.2 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 3.6
3.4 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 5.6
1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 0.9
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
17.3 20   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 12.6
6.8 8.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.3 5.4
28% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 28%
 
10.6 10.9   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 11.5
5 5.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.8

  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 5 4 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 3 2 0 1 2 1 6 12
2 Angel City W 4 3 0 1 4 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 9
3 Houston Dash W 4 2 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 7
4 Orlando Pride 4 2 1 1 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 2 0 0 3 1 -1 7
5 Portland Thorns W 4 1 2 1 4 3 4 1 2 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
6 Racing Louisville 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 5
7 Washington Spirit W 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
8 Chicago Red Stars W 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
9 Sky Blue W 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3
10 OL Reign W 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
11 Kansas City 4 0 1 3 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 6 -6 1
12 North Carolina Courage W 3 0 0 3 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portland Thorns W 24 13 5 6 33 17 12 7 3 2 22 8 12 6 2 4 11 9 16 44
2 OL Reign W 24 13 3 8 37 24 12 8 1 3 22 12 12 5 2 5 15 12 13 42
3 Washington Spirit W 24 11 6 7 29 26 12 6 2 4 15 12 12 5 4 3 14 14 3 39
4 Chicago Red Stars W 24 11 5 8 28 28 12 8 2 2 18 11 12 3 3 6 10 17 0 38
5 Sky Blue W 24 8 11 5 29 21 12 4 5 3 10 8 12 4 6 2 19 13 8 35
6 North Carolina Courage W 24 9 6 9 28 23 12 6 1 5 21 13 12 3 5 4 7 10 5 33
7 Houston Dash W 24 9 5 10 31 31 12 5 4 3 17 12 12 4 1 7 14 19 0 32
8 Orlando Pride 24 7 7 10 27 32 12 3 5 4 13 15 12 4 2 6 14 17 -5 28
9 Racing Louisville 24 5 7 12 21 40 12 4 4 4 12 15 12 1 3 8 9 25 -19 22
10 Kansas City 24 3 7 14 15 36 12 3 4 5 9 13 12 0 3 9 6 23 -21 16