This is a vital shoot-out in the "wrong" end of the NWSL, with both Washington Spirit W and Sky Blue W feeling more concern than pleasure. This fixture is a real "six-pointer" with the team playing at home positioned 11th and the guests in 12th spot.
- Washington Spirit W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sky Blue W have the fewest scored goals (13) in NWSL
This should be an exciting match with lots of action and energy as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Washington Spirit W form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the NWSL this season. Washington Spirit W have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Audi Field.
The Washington followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host San Diego Wave W and win 4-3. This was their first victory after 16 straight league games not winning! A goal frenzy last time out for Washington Spirit W, with a total of 7 goals in the match against San Diego Wave W. Fun stuff to watch! Some amazing scenes last match, when Hatch scored the winning goal ten minutes into stoppage time.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Houston Dash W that finished 2-2.Observe: 8 of the latest 10 league games from these players have had goals from both sides.
There will be little rest for Washington Spirit W after this match as they are travelling to Angel City W for a NWSL game in only four days.
Washington Spirit W are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Washington defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Sky Blue W form and stats
There's been little loot from Sky Blue W's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the NWSL. Sky Blue W only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. When Sky Blue W is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Orlando Pride, Racing Louisville and Sky Blue W is teams we like to compare Washington Spirit W with. Football is a nightmare at the moment for Sky Blue W who have suffered through a nine match losing streak. If there's light at the end of the tunnel it's certainly not visible for the supporters.
The attacking players of Sky Blue W have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 218 minutes.
Blue's previous game was their home loss versus Kansas City (0-1).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against North Carolina Courage W.Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
After this away game Sky Blue W return home for a NWSL game against OL Reign W. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The attacking power of Sky Blue W when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. For Sky Blue W, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. When Blue is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Orlando Pride, Racing Louisville and Sky Blue W.
Head 2 Head
Surprisingly enough, the last time Sky Blue W kept a "clean sheet" was also facing this opposition, 14 league matches ago (Sky Blue W - Washington Spirit W 1-0). Numbers for the former seven meetings between these two participants are: one win for Washington Spirit W, four draws and two wins for Sky Blue W. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Hatch 8 goals | T. Rodman 4 goals | P. Monaghan 3 goals |
Washington Spirit W missing players
Sky Blue W missing players
| Washington Spirit W | Sky Blue W | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 26 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 19 | 37 |
| 83% | 89% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 11% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 50% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 4.6 | 3.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7.6 | 6.2 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 12.1 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 23% | 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 30% |
| 9.5 | 8.1 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 17.1 | 13 |
| 4.6 | 4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 8.3 | 6.1 |
- Sky Blue W have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Sky Blue W have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sky Blue W have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 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 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 (19) away in NWSL
- Sky Blue W have the the worst goal difference (-11) away in NWSL
- Sky Blue W have the the worst goal difference (-24) in NWSL
- Sky Blue W haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sky Blue W is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Washington Spirit W have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 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 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 21 |
| 10 | Racing Louisville | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 17 |
| 11 | Washington Spirit W | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Sky Blue W | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -24 | 12 |
