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·24 July 2026
North Carolina Courage vs Utah Royals Prediction: NWSL Preview and Pick

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·24 July 2026

North Carolina Courage welcome Utah Royals in NWSL regular-season action on July 25, with kickoff set for 23:45 UTC. It is one of five NWSL fixtures scheduled inside a 24-hour window that weekend, and our model’s read for this particular one is straightforward: it backs the home side to get the job done.
Utah Royals travel across the country for this one, while the Courage get the benefit of their own field. Our model’s projected outcome, drawn from the same feed that powers the live widgets on this page, lands on a North Carolina Courage win rather than a draw or an away victory.
Quick pick
North Carolina Courage to win
@ 2.38
Confidence 45% Form WDLDWDLLWWWWLL
This match does not happen in isolation. The same July 25 slate also features Houston Dash against Bay FC, Orlando Pride hosting Chicago Stars FC, Portland Thorns taking on NJ/NY Gotham FC, and Boston Legacy facing Kansas City. That volume of fixtures on one date is a reminder of how condensed the NWSL calendar gets in midsummer, with squads rotating and travel schedules biting into preparation time.
For the table context around where North Carolina Courage and Utah Royals currently sit in the standings, the widget below pulls the latest NWSL positions directly from the league feed.
NWSL — table
#TeamPGDPtsForm
1 Washington Spirit 15 +12 30 WLWWW
2 NJ/NY Gotham FC 15 +9 30 WWWLW
3 San Diego Wave 16 +6 29 DLWWL
4 Portland Thorns 16 +7 27 LLWDL
5 Utah Royals 15 +6 27 WLLDW
6 Kansas City 15 +1 25 DLWWW
Our model’s pick for this fixture is North Carolina Courage to win. That is the projected outcome fed into our verdict engine, and it is the same lean reflected in the quick-pick panel above. We do not have a published win-probability split for this fixture the way we would for a bigger-league match, so we are stating the lean plainly rather than dressing it up with numbers we cannot verify.
Recent form
North Carolina Courage WDLDWDLLWWWWLL 60% 7–8
Utah Royals LLDWWWWWDWWDLLW 47% 8–9
Last 5 matches · last-5 points % · goals for–against
A live match price is available for this fixture and the widget below will always show the current number and which book is offering it, updated in real time. Odds on NWSL matches can move more than they do in the bigger European leagues, simply because fewer books are actively pricing them, so treat the figure in the widget as a snapshot rather than a fixed number, and always check the price at your own bookmaker before placing anything.
NWSLSat 25 Jul · 23:45
North Carolina Courage v Utah Royals
12.38Unibet X3.50Bet365 23.04Pinnacle
Model pick
North Carolina Courage to win
45%
We are siding with the model here: North Carolina Courage to beat Utah Royals at home. There is no case in our data for going against the projected outcome on this one, and the verdict panel below carries the same pick.
SheKicks verdict
North Carolina Courage to win @ 2.38
Confidence 45% Suggested stake 5/10
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Our tipping record currently stands at 54 wins from 87 settled picks, a 62.1% strike rate, with 8.92 units of profit banked and a return on investment of 10.3%. Four picks remain open. That is the honest number, not a rounded-up version of it, and it is worth remembering before backing any single selection, including this one.
SheKicks model — verified tipping record
40Tips settled
29–11Win–loss
73%Strike rate
+41.1%ROI
+16.44Profit (units)
Recent:WLWWWLWWWWLL
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