Soccer Game Preview: Notre Dame (SO) vs. Louisville

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Previous Games

01/03/25 - Away	6-0 W
01/31/22 - Away	1-0 W
01/14/22 - Home	3-0 W
05/03/21 - Home	9-1 W
04/20/21 - Away	1-2 L
+ 5 more games

Notre Dame (SO) is 9-1 against Louisville since January of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Notre Dame (SO) Knights will look to defend their home pitch against the Louisville Royals at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Notre Dame (SO) has four straight wins, Louisville has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.

If Louisville heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Notre Dame (SO) took over last week. Notre Dame (SO) came out on top against Chaminade by a score of 4-2 on Wednesday. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Eagles are ranked 193rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Louisville came up short against Sierra Canyon on Friday, falling 5-1. Things were pretty much settled by the half as the Royals were already down 3-0.

Notre Dame (SO) pushed their record up to 10-1-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those four games. As for Louisville, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10.

Everything went Notre Dame (SO)'s way against Louisville in their previous matchup on January 3rd, as Notre Dame (SO) made off with a 6-0 win. Will Notre Dame (SO) repeat their success, or does Louisville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.