It's only the second game in the NWSL for these sides. And fresh optimism here at Red Bull Arena, Harrison as Sky Blue W greet OL Reign W. Get smart with this preview!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Sky Blue W form and stats
Last season, Sky Blue W's league statistics were 4 wins, 1 draw and 17 losses, leading to 12th place in the NWSL. From these 22 matches they scored {16 goals} and let in 46. Performing at home in the previous season Sky Blue W delivered 1-1-9 (win-draw-lost) with {8 goals} and 22 conceded.
Happy days for Blue in their previous game, a fixture away at Angel City W (placed 8th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Portland Thorns W that ended 3-3.OL Reign W form and stats
Let's have a look at how OL Reign W performed last season in the NWSL: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 7 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded {19 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 13/10 goals scored/conceded. OL Reign W have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the NWSL were 5 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats from 11 fixtures.
The attacking players of OL Reign W have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 239 minutes.
OL Reign W play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Washington Spirit W (placed 2nd).
A 0-2 loss hosting Kansas City before that.It's early days yet, but OL Reign W has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - one - three (Blue wins - draws - OL Reign W wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Purce 1 goals |  L. Williams 1 goals |
Sky Blue W missing players
OL Reign W missing players
| Sky Blue W | OL Reign W | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 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% |
| 100% | 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% | 100% | 100% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Sky Blue W | Last season | OL Reign W | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 23 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Scored | S | 13 | 32 | ||
| 46 | 22 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 68% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 65% | ||
| 59% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 43% | ||
| 27% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 22% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 9% | ||
| 32% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 14% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 39% | ||
| 55% | 55% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 22% | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 6.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 15.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 7.5 | ||
| 34% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 17% | ||
| 12.6 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Washington Spirit W | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Houston Dash W | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | San Diego Wave W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sky Blue W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | North Carolina Courage W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Racing Louisville W | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Angel City W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | OL Reign W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Chicago Red Stars W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Orlando Pride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 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 | 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 W | 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 |
