The Althoff Catholic Crusaders will be playing at home against the Metro-East Lutheran Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Althoff Catholic will be strutting in after a win while Metro-East Lutheran will be coming in after a defeat.
Althoff Catholic's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Maryville Christian with a sharp 5-0 victory. Given Althoff Catholic's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 110th, while Maryville Christian is ranked 331st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Althoff Catholic's offense was hitting Maryville Christian from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Meanwhile, Metro-East Lutheran has been on a tough stretch since their win on March 11. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 4-1 walloping at the hands of Southwestern on Monday. Things were pretty much settled by the half as Metro-East Lutheran was already down 3-0.
Althoff Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-9-3 record this season. As for Metro-East Lutheran, their loss dropped their record down to 1-14-2.
Althoff Catholic took their win against Metro-East Lutheran in their previous meeting last Tuesday by a conclusive 9-0. Will Althoff Catholic repeat their success, or does Metro-East Lutheran have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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