NWSL match prediction: Little separates Racing Louisville and Orlando Pride in quality

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Competition: USA NWSL
Competition: Fri 16.September
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Lynn Family Stadium (14000 seats)

Crucial clash in the "wrong" end of the NWSL, with both Racing Louisville and Orlando Pride feeling more worry than delight. This match is a typical "six-pointer" with the host team at 11th and the away team in 9th position.

Insights:
  • Racing Louisville have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in NWSL
  • Orlando Pride have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in NWSL

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.

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Racing Louisville form and stats

Racing Louisville's results here at Lynn Family Stadium in the NWSL have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

The followers are hoping that Louisville will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the game against North Carolina Courage W (placed 8th). Racing Louisville were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Before that game, the home loss against Chicago Red Stars W with the scoreline 0-4.

This is expected to be a close game, with Racing Louisville perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Racing Louisville as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Racing Louisville has won 1 of these, drawn 5 and lost 4.

Louisville aren't scoring a lot here at Lynn Family Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. Racing Louisville have conceded 17 from these games.

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Orlando Pride form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the NWSL. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Orlando Pride are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Portland Thorns W with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

A loss against OL Reign W was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Orlando Pride as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Orlando have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have fought before this season: Orlando Pride - Racing Louisville 2-2. Last five meetings between these participants: Louisville won one, Orlando Pride triumphed in one and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Racing LouisvilleN. Nadim
N. Nadim
5 goals
Racing LouisvilleS. Demelo
S. Demelo
3 goals
Racing LouisvilleJ. McDonald
J. McDonald
2 goals

Racing Louisville missing players

Orlando Pride missing players

Racing Louisville Orlando Pride
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
2 1 0 Won W 1 4 5
8 3 1 Drew D 1 2 6
8 5 1 Lost L 0 3 7
17 8 2 Scored S 2 8 20
31 17 3 Conceded C 1 16 35
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 94%
72% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 72%
56% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 67%
33% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 44%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 17%
61% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 50%
22% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 22%
28% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 33%
 
5.1 5.8 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.8 3.7
4.9 4.7 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.2 3.6
1.7 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.5 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.6 10.3 16 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 6.8 6.6
3.5 4.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.6 3.4
23% 20% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 34%
 
11.4 11.7 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 11.9 11
6.6 6.4 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.5 5.2
Key stats in NWSL this season:
  • Orlando Pride have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in NWSL
  • Racing Louisville have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Racing Louisville have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in NWSL
  • Racing Louisville haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 18 5 6 7 20 35 9 1 4 4 12 19 9 4 2 3 8 16 -15 21
10 Washington Spirit W 18 2 10 6 22 26 9 2 3 4 12 14 9 0 7 2 10 12 -4 16
11 Racing Louisville 18 2 8 8 17 31 9 1 3 5 8 17 9 1 5 3 9 14 -14 14
12 Sky Blue W 18 4 0 14 13 37 9 1 0 8 5 18 9 3 0 6 8 19 -24 12