When the Orlando Pride and North Carolina Courage last met, the Pride were looking for their first win of the season and the Courage were trying to stay undefeated. Two weeks later, not much has changed.

The Pride, who will return home to take on the Courage at 5 p.m. on Sunday, have still not won a game and the Courage are still at the top of the NWSL standings with a perfect record. But after coming off one of its better games of the season, Orlando (0-2-2, two points) is confident that it can get a win this weekend.

“There were a lot of positives from the game at Kansas City,” coach Tom Sermanni said. “I think it’s probably the most we’ve dominated a game in the sense of sort of being in charge of the tempo and the rhythm of the game. It’s the best we’ve been in not giving up opportunities to the opposition, the tightest that I think we’ve been so there were good signs from that perspective.”

In their last meeting, the Courage (4-0-0, 12 points) easily defeated the Pride 3-1 and attempted 13 shots on goal while Orlando only had 12 total shots. The Pride know that they will have to be more aggressive this weekend to earn their first win.

“We have to claw, scratch, we have to fight in front of the goal in order to get the ball in the back of the net,” defender Ali Krieger said. “We’re gonna fight and we’re gonna try and finish in the final third as much as we can ’cause we are getting chances. Now we just have to put them away.”

The Pride will also have to be ready to deal with the Courage’s tough defense.

Goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo has had to record just seven saves this season, while goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris already has 20 saves. Orlando will look to do a better job of matching the physicality of its opponent this weekend.

“They’ve got big, fast, physical players. They play things early, they play things forward quickly and they’re very competitive,” Sermanni said. “So, you know, the key thing for us this weekend is to match that physicality. If we can match the physicality, then play our game, then we should be able to get the result.”

The North Carolina game will mark just the second time the Pride have played at home this season. After back-to-back away games and with another two-game road trip coming up, the team is happy to have the chance to play in front of its home fans.

“It’s always exciting to come back home, you know, it’s been a difficult start with this season,” Sermanni said. “I think five out of our first seven games [are] away from home, so it is good to come home and it’s good to be playing a team that’s top of the league.”

Almost a fifth of the way through the season, the Pride are the only team in NWSL that has not won a game and are currently at the bottom of the standings. But Sermanni knows the team has to remain confident in order to be successful.

“Whether that result goes for us this weekend or not, we’ve got to come back in next week and get ready for the following game,” Sermanni said. “This is a season over 24 games and, you know, obviously we need to start putting more results on the board, but we also need to make sure that we don’t let anything impact us in a negative way.”