Notre Dame has won six straight games at home, while Xavier has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Monday. The Notre Dame Green Knights will welcome the Xavier Falcons at 3:45 p.m. Notre Dame's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Xavier's offense will have their work cut out for them.
If Xavier heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Notre Dame took over last week. Notre Dame came out on top against North Haven by a score of 3-1 on Saturday. Given the Green Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut soccer rankings (they are ranked first, while the Nighthawks are ranked 41st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Xavier kept a clean sheet against East Haven on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over the Yellowjackets. Considering the Falcons have won five contests by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Notre Dame's win bumped their record up to 12-0. As for Xavier, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-1 record this season.
Notre Dame skirted past Xavier 3-2 when the teams last played back in September. Will Notre Dame repeat their success, or does Xavier have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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