Angel City W vs Utah Royals W — NWSL Women 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 48+ matches
Angel City W42%
Utah Royals W32%✓ Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.6% correct across 576,853 matches, vs 44.7% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.9% correct · Away picks 49.7% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Angel City W creates 18% more chances
Season form · 56 home / 48 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under51
- Over49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes53
- No47
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Angel City W ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Total goals
Double chance
Winning margin
Team goals
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Angel City W at home — creates 1.30, concedes 1.38 · 56 matches
Utah Royals W away — creates 1.02, concedes 1.54 · 48 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Angel City W attack 1.30 + Utah Royals W defence 1.54 → ÷2 → 1.42
Utah Royals W attack 1.02 + Angel City W defence 1.38 → ÷2 → 1.20
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 42%?"
Angel City W at 42% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 42% does not mean "Angel City W will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Probable lineups not yet announced
Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff
Head to Head
Angel City W
NJ/NY Gotham FC W
Bay FC W
Boston Legacy W
Washington Spirit W
Kansas City W
San Diego Wave W
Denver Summit W
Portland Thorns W
Seattle Reign FC W
Orlando Pride WUtah Royals W
Chicago Red Stars W
North Carolina Courage W
Houston Dash W
Racing Louisville WIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Angel City W host Utah Royals W on Saturday, 10 May 2025 at 02:30. The match is part of the NWSL Women 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Angel City W vs Utah Royals W
Angel City W beat Utah Royals W 2-0 in NWSL Women on May 10, 2025.
The match was played at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.