West Lafayette is 9-1 against Northwestern since August of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The West Lafayette Red Devils will be staying on the road to face off against the Northwestern Tigers at 6:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
West Lafayette is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They had just enough and edged Western out 2-1. Given the Red Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Panthers are ranked 104th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Northwestern waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They had just enough and edged the Tigers out 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for Northwestern as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Cam Markley and
Renato Vieira scored both of Northwestern's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 18 goals.
West Lafayette has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-1 record this season. As for Northwestern, their victory bumped their record up to 11-6-1.
West Lafayette skirted past Northwestern 3-2 when the teams last played back in August. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Lafayette since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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