The Peoria Notre Dame Irish will venture away from home to take on the Normal West Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Peoria Notre Dame knows how to get goals on the board -- the squad has finished with four goals or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Normal West likes a good challenge.
Peoria Notre Dame's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Champaign Central 8-0. The Irish's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five matches.
Meanwhile, Normal West fell victim to Glenwood and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Titans. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Titans are ranked 41st).
Peoria Notre Dame is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-1-1 record this season. As for Normal West, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-10.
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