The Portland Thorns W & San Diego Wave W head coaches Wilkinson and Stoney are both afraid of and eagerly anticipating this key game in the top part of the NWSL standings.
- Portland Thorns W have the most scored goals (49) in NWSL
- San Diego Wave W haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Portland Thorns W form and stats
All-inclusive NWSL results playing at home this season for Portland Thorns W are 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Portland Thorns W has recorded two wins in a row here at Providence Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
An away draw last time out for Portland, facing Sky Blue W in a game that ended 3-3. Opportunity lost for Portland Thorns W in the Sky Blue W match as a lead 3-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Before that, Portland had a home game versus Chicago Red Stars W which ended with a victory 3-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Portland Thorns W handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 14 of the 18 latest league matches with this side has had at least three goals.
The Portland Thorns W manager Wilkinson has got the team scoring with 27 from 11 home games in the league. From these home matches, Portland have conceded only 8 goals.
San Diego Wave W form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their NWSL travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
San Diego Wave W are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Chicago Red Stars W (after extra-time).
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs North Carolina Courage W.San Diego Wave W find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Diego have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Strangely enough, the team playing at home have found the net in every league game they've played since failing to score against today's opposing team; Portland Thorns W - San Diego Wave W 0-2 six fixtures ago. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Portland Thorns W victories, one draw and one San Diego Wave W win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Morgan 16 goals |  S. Smith 14 goals | M. Weaver 6 goals |
Portland Thorns W missing players
San Diego Wave W missing players
| Portland Thorns W | San Diego Wave W | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 49 | 27 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 34 |
| 24 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 22 |
| 95% | 91% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 95% | 91% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 55% | 61% |
| 68% | 64% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 45% | 52% |
| 41% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 18% | 27% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 50% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 48% |
| 41% | 64% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 45% | 39% |
| 14% | 27% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 22% |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| 5 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 16.8 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.2 | 10.1 |
| 7 | 7.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 30% | 30% |
| 9.3 | 8.8 | 12.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 10.1 | 9 |
| 4.8 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
- Portland Thorns W have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Portland Thorns W have the most clean sheets (7) at home in NWSL
- Portland Thorns W have the most clean sheets (9) in NWSL
- Portland Thorns W have the most matches over the total-line (14) in NWSL
- Portland Thorns W have the most scored goals (49) in NWSL
- Portland Thorns W have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in NWSL
- Portland Thorns W have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in NWSL
- Portland Thorns W have the the best goal difference (+25) in NWSL
- Portland Thorns W have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- San Diego Wave W haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | OL Reign W | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 40 |
| 2 | Portland Thorns W | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 49 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 25 | 39 |
| 3 | San Diego Wave W | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Houston Dash W | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 36 |
| 5 | Kansas City | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 6 | Chicago Red Stars W | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 33 |
| 7 | North Carolina Courage W | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 32 |
| 8 | Angel City W | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Racing Louisville | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -12 | 23 |
| 10 | Orlando Pride | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -23 | 22 |
| 11 | Washington Spirit W | 22 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 19 |
| 12 | Sky Blue W | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -30 | 13 |
