- Team form: Chicago have won only once in five games (L4) and have a three-game losing streak coming into this match.
- Head-to-head: Racing have won three of the last five meetings, while Chicago have not won on two trips to Louisville (D1, L1).
High-octane Racing should overcome Chicago’s blunt stars
Form and standings
Racing Louisville can get their NWSL 2026 campaign back on track when they face a Chicago Red Stars team that are in freefall this Saturday. Louisville are 16th with 11 points from 15 games – one point less than 15th-placed Chicago after 16 matches – and should have the upper hand against a visiting team that are coming off three straight defeats.
Recent form and style
Racing's own form has been mixed of late, but there was enough in the way of a bounce-back reaction from them in their last game, a 2-1 away win over Angel City, to suggest that Beverly Yanez's aggressive, vertical press can make the visiting stars look slow and lifeless again. Racing's last three results have been a 0-2 home loss to Bay FC, a 1-1 home draw with Houston Dash and the aforementioned 2-1 away win at Angel City.
Chicago have lost four and won only one of their last five games with their most recent results being a 0-2 defeat at home to Angel City and a 1-0 reverse at Orlando Pride. Martin Sjögren's team have been slow in their build-up play – the polar opposite to Racing, whose vertical style is designed to make them difficult to play against.
Chicago’s stars are misfiring
This game could go either way, with Racing favored at 1.59, Chicago 4.72 and the draw at 4.0, but the home edge is the smart play to make here.
Yanez has made Racing harder to play against and Chicago will struggle to get much flow to their play against this press. The Stars could slow it down early on and make this a tight game, which is why the better play than a straight home win could be Racing Louisville to win & over 2.5 goals.
Chicago's poor away record suggests they are struggling on the road. Racing should win, but they need to push on after taking the lead to get the score up.
- Jordyn Huitema has been their sharpest attacker, but has still managed to score only two of Chicago's three goals in the last five.
- Maja Lardner has been Racing's biggest threat recently, scoring two of their three goals in the same number of games, and if the Canadians can get in behind the visiting defense it should spell trouble for Chicago.
