The Althoff Catholic Crusaders will face off against the O'Fallon Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Althoff Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
If O'Fallon heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Althoff Catholic took over last week. Althoff Catholic came out on top against Maryville Christian by a score of 3-1 on Thursday. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Lions are ranked 179th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Luke Smith and
Jack Sorgea scored all three of Althoff Catholic's goals, bringing their combined season tally to nine goals.
Meanwhile, O'Fallon had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.6 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Redbirds as they made off with a 5-1 victory. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by four goals or more this season.
Althoff Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for O'Fallon, their win bumped their record up to 6-2-1.
Althoff Catholic was able to grind out a solid victory over O'Fallon in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. Will Althoff Catholic repeat their success, or does O'Fallon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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