Portland Thorns W receive Kansas City as odds-on favourites: Check out our football preview

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Competition: USA NWSL
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Providence Park (21144 seats)

It's a new beginning in NWSL - the first fixture of the season. Read the full preview and see how Portland Thorns W and Kansas City did in their pre-season friendly games!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Portland Thorns W form and stats

Portland Thorns W could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the NWSL. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at Providence Park they witnessed 7 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. In total the trophy was secured after W13 - D5 - L6 from 24 games.

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Kansas City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Kansas City performed last season in the NWSL: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 7 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 15 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 6/23 goals scored/conceded.

After this away game Kansas return home for a Nwsl Challenge Cup Women game against North Carolina Courage W. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the previous four meetings): Portland Thorns W won three games, one match ended with a draw and Kansas City managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 3 red cards from the last four duels.

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Total First Half Second Half
Portland Thorns W Kansas City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Portland Thorns W Last season Kansas City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 24
13 7   Won W   0 3
5 3   Drew D   3 7
7 3   Lost L   9 14
33 22   Scored S   6 15
19 10   Conceded C   23 36
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 83%
64% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 67%
40% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 46%
8% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 17%
8% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
36% 38%   BTTS BTTS   42% 38%
56% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 25%
20% 23%   Failed to Score F T   58% 54%
 
6 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 4.3
4.8 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.9
0.9 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
15 18.2   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 10.3
5.8 8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 4.3
16% 12%   Goal Efficiency G E   12% 19%
 
9.5 8   Shots against (avg) S A   10.6 8.8
4.4 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Angel City W 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Chicago Red Stars W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Houston Dash W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 OL Reign W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Orlando Pride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Portland Thorns W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Racing Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 San Diego Wave W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sky Blue W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Washington Spirit W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 North Carolina Courage W 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Angel City W 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Chicago Red Stars W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Houston Dash W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 OL Reign W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Orlando Pride 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Portland Thorns W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Racing Louisville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 San Diego Wave W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sky Blue W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Washington Spirit W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 North Carolina Courage W 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0

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