The Mater Dei Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Southwestern Piasa Birds at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Mater Dei is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Althoff Catholic on Tuesday. Mater Dei lost 3-0 to Althoff Catholic. The loss continues a trend for Mater Dei in their matchups with Althoff Catholic: they've now lost eight in a row.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Southwestern was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They lost 7-0 to Highland. While losing is never fun, Southwestern can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 353rd, while Highland is ranked 155th).
Mater Dei's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-7. As for Southwestern, their loss dropped their record down to 6-14.
Everything went Mater Dei's way against Southwestern when the teams last played back in March as Mater Dei made off with a 7-0 victory. Does Mater Dei have another victory up their sleeve, or will Southwestern turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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