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North Carolina Courage W vs NJ/NY Gotham FC WNWSL Women 2026

10/22/2023NWSL WomenNWSL Women · Play-offs - 1st RoundWakeMed Soccer Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 83+ matches

North Carolina Courage W45%
×Draw26%
NJ/NY Gotham FC W30%
Correct in 51 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.6%
Always home
44.7%

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.

North Carolina Courage W
1.50
NJ/NY Gotham FC W
1.17

North Carolina Courage W creates 28% more chances

Season form · 83 home / 86 away

creates per match

North Carolina Courage W
1.82
NJ/NY Gotham FC W
1.27

allows per match

North Carolina Courage W
1.06
NJ/NY Gotham FC W
1.19

finishing

North Carolina Courage W+0.00on par
NJ/NY Gotham FC W+0.00on par

Total goals

50%Under
  • Under50
  • Over50

Close call

Both teams score

54%Yes
  • Yes54
  • No46

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

North Carolina Courage W

NJ/NY Gotham FC W
0
1
2
3
4
0
007%
018%
025%
032%
041%
1
1010%
1112%
127%
133%
141%
2
208%
219%
225%
232%
241%
3
304%
315%
323%
331%
340%
4
401%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
93%7%1.5
75%25%2.5
50%50%3.5
28%72%4.5
13%87%

Double chance

North Carolina Courage W or draw
70%
North Carolina Courage W or NJ/NY Gotham FC W
74%
Draw or NJ/NY Gotham FC W
55%

Winning margin

North Carolina Courage W wins by 2+
22%
NJ/NY Gotham FC W wins by 2+
12%

Team goals

North Carolina Courage W 1+ goals
78%
North Carolina Courage W 2+ goals
44%
North Carolina Courage W 3+ goals
19%
NJ/NY Gotham FC W 1+ goals
69%
NJ/NY Gotham FC W 2+ goals
33%
NJ/NY Gotham FC W 3+ goals
11%

Draw no bet

North Carolina Courage W (draw refunded)
60%
NJ/NY Gotham FC W (draw refunded)
40%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
41%
Both score & under 3
12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

North Carolina Courage W at homecreates 1.82, concedes 1.06 · 83 matches

NJ/NY Gotham FC W awaycreates 1.27, concedes 1.19 · 86 matches

Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

North Carolina Courage W attack 1.82 + NJ/NY Gotham FC W defence 1.19 → ÷2 → 1.50

NJ/NY Gotham FC W attack 1.27 + North Carolina Courage W defence 1.06 → ÷2 → 1.17

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 45%?"

North Carolina Courage W scores more
45%
level
26%
NJ/NY Gotham FC W scores more
30%

North Carolina Courage W at 45% 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 45% does not mean "North Carolina Courage 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

Match Recap: North Carolina Courage W vs NJ/NY Gotham FC W

NJ/NY Gotham FC W beat North Carolina Courage W 2-0 in NWSL Women on October 22, 2023.

The match was played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.