NWSL preview with statistics: Sky Blue W welcomes Portland Thorns W to Red Bull Arena, Harrison

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Competition: USA NWSL
Competition: Sat 01.October
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena, Harrison (26765 seats)

Both Sky Blue W and Portland Thorns W are longing for points in this fixture, in spite of the guesting team holding a 26 point lead in the league table.

Insights:
  • Sky Blue W have the fewest scored goals (13) in NWSL
  • Portland Thorns W have the most clean sheets (9) in NWSL

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their previous match. Let's hope for an animated fixture!

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Sky Blue W form and stats

Sky Blue W's struggle is real here at Red Bull Arena, Harrison with only 3 points collected from 10 NWSL games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-0-9. All in all it has been a very rough period for Blue who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. days ago.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 488 minutes without scoring a league goal. Monaghan was the last player to find the net.

Sky Blue W lost their last game at North Carolina Courage W (placed 6th) after a 0-3 scoreline.

Preceding that match was the home game against OL Reign W that was lost 0-1.

Betting heads-up: This club have played 5 league games in a row with only one (or none) side scoring.

Sky Blue W have scored 5 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Blue have conceded 19 from these games.

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Portland Thorns W form and stats

As the visiting team in NWSL matches, Portland Thorns W have produced an overall stat of 4-5-1 so far.

180 minutes! That's how long the Portland Thorns W goalkeeper Bella Bixby and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Portland had fun at their own home (Red Bull Arena, Harrison) last time out, beating Chicago Red Stars W 3-0. Weaver (2) and Porter scored.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Racing Louisville W.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 13 of this side's 17 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.

Portland Thorns W has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. 13 goals have been conceded by Portland in these games.

Head 2 Head

Portland Thorns W have won at least one point in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) facing Sky Blue W.

Portland Thorns W - Sky Blue W 5-0 was the score in these contenders' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Portland Thorns WS. Smith
S. Smith
12 goals
Portland Thorns WH. Sugita
H. Sugita
5 goals
Portland Thorns WM. Weaver
M. Weaver
5 goals

Sky Blue W missing players

Portland Thorns W missing players

Sky Blue W Portland Thorns W
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
4 1 0 Won W 3 4 10
0 0 0 Drew D 0 5 8
17 9 3 Lost L 0 1 3
13 5 0 Scored S 6 19 46
43 19 5 Conceded C 2 13 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
67% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 95%
57% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 67%
24% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 38%
14% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
29% 30% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 80% 48%
14% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 43%
57% 60% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
4 4.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4 5.1
6.5 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.9 5.3
1.7 1.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.2 5.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15.5 14 15.6
2.3 2.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 6.8 7.4
26% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 31%
 
13.5 8.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 11.2 9.8
6.4 3.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 6.1 5
Key stats in NWSL this season:
  • All of Portland Thorns W's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Portland Thorns W have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Portland Thorns W have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Portland Thorns W have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Portland Thorns W have scored more than double the goals of Sky Blue W.
  • Portland Thorns W have the most clean sheets (9) in NWSL
  • Portland Thorns W have the the best goal difference (+25) in NWSL
  • Portland Thorns W have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Portland Thorns W haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sky Blue W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sky Blue W have the fewest clean sheets (2) in NWSL
  • Sky Blue W have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in NWSL
  • Sky Blue W have the fewest points (3) at home in NWSL
  • Sky Blue W have the fewest points from losing position (0) in NWSL
  • Sky Blue W have the fewest scored goals (13) in NWSL
  • Sky Blue W have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in NWSL
  • Sky Blue W have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in NWSL
  • Sky Blue W have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in NWSL
  • Sky Blue W have the most conceded goals (43) in NWSL
  • Sky Blue W have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in NWSL
  • Sky Blue W have the the worst goal difference (-30) in NWSL
  • Sky Blue W haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sky Blue W is in the worst form (0-0-5)

  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 21 10 8 3 46 21 11 6 3 2 27 8 10 4 5 1 19 13 25 38
2 OL Reign W 21 10 7 4 29 19 10 5 4 1 16 9 11 5 3 3 13 10 10 37
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 Kansas City 21 10 6 5 29 28 11 5 5 1 17 12 10 5 1 4 12 16 1 36
5 Houston Dash W 21 9 6 6 33 26 11 3 4 4 16 15 10 6 2 2 17 11 7 33
6 North Carolina Courage W 22 9 5 8 46 33 11 5 1 5 27 18 11 4 4 3 19 15 13 32
7 Chicago Red Stars W 21 8 6 7 32 28 10 5 3 2 14 7 11 3 3 5 18 21 4 30
8 Angel City W 21 8 5 8 23 25 11 5 2 4 12 12 10 3 3 4 11 13 -2 29
9 Orlando Pride 21 5 7 9 22 42 11 1 5 5 14 24 10 4 2 4 8 18 -20 22
10 Racing Louisville W 21 4 8 9 22 35 10 2 3 5 10 17 11 2 5 4 12 18 -13 20
11 Washington Spirit W 21 3 10 8 25 31 10 3 3 4 14 14 11 0 7 4 11 17 -6 19
12 Sky Blue W 21 4 0 17 13 43 10 1 0 9 5 19 11 3 0 8 8 24 -30 12