Little to separate North Carolina Courage and San Diego Wave

North Carolina Courage and San Diego Wave go head-to-head at the this Saturday in the NWSL.

North Carolina Courage enter the contest on the back of a 1x1 draw against OL Reign (NWSL 2023), whilst the visitors edged past Portland Thorns FC with a 0x2 win (NWSL 2023). Ahead of the contest, Sean Nahas's team is on a sequence of 6 games without a win in the NWSL Challenge Cup 2023. On the other hand, San Diego Wave have recorded a six-game unbeaten sequence in the NWSL Challenge Cup 2023.

Considering only the NWSL, there have been three games played between the two teams, with 2 wins for San Diego Wave, 1 draw and 0 wins for North Carolina Courage.

Considering the NWSL Challenge Cup 2023, from North Carolina Courage's most influential players, Kaleigh Kurtz is the most used player in a total of 20 games (1800 min). Kerolin is their current best scorer with 10 goals. As for San Diego Wave, Jaedyn Shaw participated in 20 games, and Christen Westphal has played the most minutes (1788). Alex Morgan has scored 6 goals, the most across San Diego Wave's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with San Diego Wave winning 3x1. It is expected to be a thrilling clash, that can go either way.