NWSL match prediction: Little separates San Diego Wave W and Portland Thorns W in quality

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Competition: USA NWSL
Competition: Thu 09.June
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Torero Stadium (6100 seats)

Action is likely at Torero Stadium when San Diego Wave W face Portland Thorns W in what promises to be a splendid game. Check our preview!

Insights:
  • San Diego Wave W have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in NWSL
  • Portland Thorns W have not yet lost a game away.

There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they played a NWSL fixture only four days ago. That game was an away game at Kansas City, so at least San Diego Wave W are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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San Diego Wave W form and stats

Perfect NWSL season at home so far for San Diego Wave W 2 wins from 2 appearances. San Diego Wave W has recorded two wins in a row here at Torero Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Diego travelled for their previous game, a trip to Kansas City that ended 2-2.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at OL Reign W.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the NWSL game versus OL Reign W in only four days. This game is also played here at Torero Stadium.

At Torero Stadium, San Diego Wave W has the goal stats of 6-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Portland Thorns W form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first NWSL away game of the season. During their previous season 12 away games resulted in 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The followers enjoyed Portland Thorns W's previous fixture versus Angel City W (placed 7th), a 3-0 win played at home.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Chicago Red Stars W that ended 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Portland in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Portland Thorns W, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Portland Thorns W manager Wilkinson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Houston Dash W.

It's early days yet, but Portland Thorns W has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the prior two meetings involving these two teams are: zero wins for Diego, zero draws and two wins for Portland Thorns W. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game. One of the stars has been Sugita with 2 goals scored against San Diego Wave W in these 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

San Diego Wave WA. Morgan
A. Morgan
8 goals
Portland Thorns WC. Sinclair
C. Sinclair
3 goals
Portland Thorns WS. Smith
S. Smith
3 goals

San Diego Wave W missing players

Portland Thorns W missing players

San Diego Wave W Portland Thorns W
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 2 1 Played P 1 1 6
4 2 1 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 3
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
10 6 2 Scored S 2 2 9
5 1 1 Conceded C 2 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
43% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
43% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 50%
29% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 33%
43% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
29% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
5.9 8.5 11 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 5.8
5.1 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 7.2
1.3 1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 11.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13 15.8
4.1 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 7 7.5
34% 50% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 20%
 
8.6 5.5 6 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9 10.8
3.9 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 4.8
Key stats in NWSL this season:
  • All of Portland Thorns W's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • All of San Diego Wave W's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Portland Thorns W have not yet lost a game away.
  • Portland Thorns W have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Portland Thorns W have yet to win a game away.
  • San Diego Wave W have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in NWSL
  • San Diego Wave W have the the best goal difference (+5) at home in NWSL
  • San Diego Wave W have won all their matches at home so far.
  • San Diego Wave W have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • San Diego Wave W haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 7 4 1 2 10 5 2 2 0 0 6 1 5 2 1 2 4 4 5 13
2 Houston Dash W 6 3 2 1 11 3 3 1 1 1 6 2 3 2 1 0 5 1 8 11
3 Chicago Red Stars W 6 3 2 1 11 8 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 11
4 Portland Thorns W 6 2 3 1 9 5 5 2 2 1 7 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 9
5 OL Reign W 7 2 3 2 5 5 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 9
6 Sky Blue W 5 3 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 9
7 Angel City W 6 3 0 3 4 6 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 9
8 Racing Louisville 7 2 2 3 6 9 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 -3 8
9 Orlando Pride 7 2 2 3 9 17 4 0 2 2 6 11 3 2 0 1 3 6 -8 8
10 Washington Spirit W 7 1 4 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 0 3 1 3 4 -1 7
11 Kansas City 7 1 2 4 5 11 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 0 1 3 2 7 -6 5
12 North Carolina Courage W 5 1 1 3 6 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 5 3 0 4