North Carolina Courage W vs San Diego Wave — NWSL Women 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 57+ matches
North Carolina Courage W43%
San Diego Wave31%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 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: 50.3% correct across 577,253 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.6% correct · Away picks 49.3% 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 creates 22% more chances
Season form · 81 home / 57 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under52
- Over48
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes52
- No48
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
North Carolina Courage 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
North Carolina Courage W at home — creates 1.78, concedes 1.06 · 81 matches
San Diego Wave away — creates 1.28, concedes 1.07 · 57 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
North Carolina Courage W attack 1.78 + San Diego Wave defence 1.07 → ÷2 → 1.43
San Diego Wave attack 1.28 + North Carolina Courage W defence 1.06 → ÷2 → 1.17
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 43%?"
North Carolina Courage W at 43% 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 43% 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.
Match Events
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Utah Royals W
Chicago Red Stars WNorth 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
North Carolina Courage W host San Diego Wave on Sunday, 22 May 2022 at 18:00. The match is part of the NWSL Women 2026/2027 season.
North Carolina Courage W 0 – 1 San Diego Wave
San Diego Wave beat North Carolina Courage W 1-0 in NWSL Women on May 22, 2022.
Goals: A. Morgan (41').
The match was played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.