Soccer Preview: St. Xavier Meets Bardstown

St. Xavier has enjoyed a six-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on Bardstown at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Bardstown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.

St. Xavier's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They blew past Madisonville-North Hopkins 8-0. The result was nothing new for St. Xavier, who have now won 15 games by three goals or more so far this season.

Meanwhile, Bardstown entered their tilt with Owensboro on Saturday with 15 consecutive wins but they'll face St. Xavier with 16. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Red Devils. That's two games straight in which Bardstown has won by just one goal.

St. Xavier has now won 19 of their last 20 games at home. That's helped them to a 24-0-1 record this season. As for Bardstown, their victory bumped their record up to 19-3-1.