NWSL Women
Finished
Medium risk

North Carolina Courage W vs Houston Dash W

23Full time
Sun, Aug 16, 11:00 PMWakeMed Soccer Park

AI prediction

Home Win

Confidence 75/100

This match has finished. The analysis below is recomputed from current data for reference; the forecast that counts is the one frozen before kickoff, shown under Recorded forecast.
Model verdict
Medium risk

Home Win

North Carolina Courage W (LWWWL) project at 1.7 expected goals versus 1.3 for Houston Dash W (WLDWW). The blended Poisson, form, rating and market signals lean Home Win at 75/100 confidence with medium risk.

Confidence

75/100

Confidence
75/100

Strongest cover

12

75.4% probability

Risk classification

Medium

24.6% draw weight

Value status

Unpriced

Pre-match odds unavailable

Market sample

Unavailable

No pre-match quotes

Full distribution

Market probabilities

1X2

NCC win49.6%
Draw24.6%
HDW win25.8%

Goals

Over 1.580.4%
Over 2.557.2%
Under 2.542.8%

Both teams to score

Yes59.4%
No40.6%

Complementary outcomes total 100%; values are model estimates, not implied guarantees.

Inputs behind the forecast

Evidence ledger

North Carolina Courage W

9/15 recent form points

LWWWL
xG / match
Unavailable
xGA / match
Unavailable
Goals / match
1.79
Shots on target
Unavailable

Houston Dash W

10/15 recent form points

WLDWW
xG / match
Unavailable
xGA / match
Unavailable
Goals / match
1.40
Shots on target
Unavailable

Matchup xG signal

The live data feed does not provide xG in this statistics response. This forecast uses the 2026 historical season baseline, falls back to observed scoring and conceding rates, and lowers its data-quality assessment.

Recent meetings: BTTS in 6/10 and Over 2.5 in 6/10.

Price interpretation

Value read

Odds unavailable for this fixture

The forecast is based on team and matchup evidence only. No model-versus-market edge is claimed until a complete price set is available.

Provenance

Model card

Version
livewin-hybrid-v0.6
Data source
Licensed live data feed
Statistics baseline
2026 season
Odds timestamp
No odds available
Optional coverage
H2H available · no odds
Confidence
Signal agreement score
Risk
Medium · uncertainty remains

Confidence reflects separation, form, market agreement and volatility. It does not equal the probability of the displayed pick, and it should not be used as a stake recommendation.

Head-to-Head

North Carolina Courage W 2-3 Houston Dash W

2026-08-17T01:00:00+02:00

BTTS

Over 2.5

Houston Dash W 0-1 North Carolina Courage W

2026-04-26T02:00:00+02:00

No BTTS

Under 2.5

Houston Dash W 2-1 North Carolina Courage W

2025-08-09T02:00:00+02:00

BTTS

Over 2.5

North Carolina Courage W 2-1 Houston Dash W

2025-06-22T01:30:00+02:00

BTTS

Over 2.5

Houston Dash W 3-0 North Carolina Courage W

2024-05-25T02:00:00+02:00

No BTTS

Over 2.5

North Carolina Courage W 5-1 Houston Dash W

2024-03-17T00:00:00+01:00

BTTS

Over 2.5

North Carolina Courage W 1-0 Houston Dash W

2023-07-02T01:30:00+02:00

No BTTS

Under 2.5

Houston Dash W 0-1 North Carolina Courage W

2023-04-29T02:30:00+02:00

No BTTS

Under 2.5

North Carolina Courage W 3-4 Houston Dash W

2022-06-19T23:00:00+02:00

BTTS

Over 2.5

Houston Dash W 1-1 North Carolina Courage W

2022-05-30T01:00:00+02:00

BTTS

Under 2.5

Odds Comparison

No pre-match bookmaker prices are available for this fixture. The model does not claim a market edge.

Model reasoning

North Carolina Courage W at home have a slightly stronger overall record than Houston Dash W on the road, with 9W 3D 7L versus 7W 5D 8L. Their goal difference is also marginally better, scoring 34 and conceding 29 compared with Houston’s 28 scored and 28 conceded, which supports a home-leaning outcome. The recent form is mixed but trends more favorably for North Carolina in the latest five matches (LWWWL), while Houston’s recent run includes more consistency (WLDWW). Even so, the probabilities show the match is not one-sided, with a home win at 49.6% and a draw at 24.6%, so the home edge looks modest rather than dominant. On scoring, the match profile points toward goals: both teams to score is 59.4%, and over 2.5 goals is 57.2%. With both sides conceding at similar rates (29 vs 28), the data suggests a fairly open game where neither team is guaranteed to keep a clean sheet, despite both having 5 clean sheets across the season. Overall, the home win call aligns with the small advantages in record and goal difference for North Carolina, but the relatively high draw likelihood and the moderate goal expectations keep confidence at a medium level.

Recorded forecast

Final score

2-3

Pre-kickoff call

Home Win · 57.0% → Lost

Ranked probability score

0.4833 (uniform ≈ 0.222)

Recorded Sun, 16 Aug 2026 21:17 UTC, before kickoff, unpriced, by livewin-hybrid-v0.6. Counted in the public track record.

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