| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Red Stars W | 5 | W1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7/15 | 5-5 |
| Portland Thorns W | 3 | W2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7/9 | 4-2 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Stars W | 4 | 4 | 2 | -2 | DLDL | 7 | -3 |
| Portland Thorns W | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | WWWD | 1 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2021-04-15
Chicago Red Stars W went into the game 4th in the table on 2 points; Portland Thorns W sat 1st on 10 — an 8-point gap. Per game in the league, Chicago Red Stars W were scoring 0.75 and conceding 1.25, Portland Thorns W 1.5 and 0.5, against a competition average of 1.08 goals per team per game.
SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, capacity 20,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
