Match 10 Preview: Indiana

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame is about to hit the street, as they journey to Bloomington for an intrastate rivalry matchup in opposition to No. 18 Indiana at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 3 at Invoice Armstrong Stadium. The sport will likely be streamed on B1G+.

NOTRE DAME at INDIANA
Location: Bloomington, Indiana | Invoice Armstrong Stadium
Stream: B1G+ ($)
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Recreation Notes: at Indiana

THE INDIANA SERIES

• Notre Dame and Indiana will face one another on Wednesday night for the forty fourth time in collection historical past.

• The 2 sides meet almost ever season however didn’t play throughout the 2020-21 marketing campaign resulting from adjusted schedules for COVID-19.

• The Irish are 10-30-3 in opposition to the Hoosiers within the all-time collection.

• Regardless of trailing within the collection, the rivalry has been way more at the same time as of late, because the Irish have recorded a mark of 5-6-2 within the final 13 conferences courting again to the 2010 season.

• The Hoosiers escaped Alumni Stadium with an additional time victory throughout the 2021 marketing campaign within the season-opener, pulling out a 3-2 win.

• The Irish battled the Hoosiers to a standstill in Bloomington in the newest matchup, recording a 1-1 draw on Sept. 17, 2019.

THE LAST TIME OUT

• The Irish defeated Boston School by a rating of 2-1 on Friday night at Alumni Stadium.

• Wyatt Borso and Eno Nto every scored first half objectives to provide Notre Dame the early lead.

• Bryan Dowd made 4 saves to safe the victory, together with back-to-back spotlight reel stops that made Saturday’s SportsCenter Prime 10.

• Dowd additionally picked up the primary help of his profession from a purpose that got here off a purpose kick.

FIRST HALF DOMINANCE

• The Irish are outscoring the opposition 13-2 over the opening 45 minutes of play this season.

• Notre Dame has given up only one purpose from open play within the first half of matches this season, the opposite coming from a penalty.

• Three of Paddy Burns’ team-leading 4 objectives have come within the first 45 minutes of play in 2022.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

• Of the 15 Notre Dame gamers which have recorded begins this season, eight have been both freshmen or sophomores.

• Seven Irish gamers made their collegiate debuts this season.

• The Irish are an ideal 5-0-0 when scoring first in matches this season.

• Eleven completely different Notre Dame gamers have scored a purpose this season.

• Seven gamers have recorded a number of assists via eight video games, with KK Baffour, Daniel Russo and Kyle Genenbacher main the workforce with three assists apiece.

BAFFOUR’S BUZZER BEATER

• Notre Dame escaped Charlottesville with an exhilarating 2-1 street win over Virginia in ACC play on Friday, Sept. 16.

• KK Baffour offered the heroics, scoring the match winner with 3.1 seconds left after Matthew Roou performed him via on purpose simply earlier than crossing the midfield line.

• Baffour’s purpose was the primary of his collegiate profession.

• Notre Dame has now gained three of the final 4 matchups in opposition to Virginia and the final 11 matches have been determined by a purpose or resulted in a draw.

#3 RANKED FRESHMAN CLASS IN THE COUNTRY

• The Irish welcome a seven-man freshman class to South Bend which was ranked because the No. 3 class within the nation by TopDrawerSoccer.

• The category options 4 gamers ranked in IMG’s prime 200 rankings, every rating within the prime 100.

• The seven gamers come from a mixed 5 states and one overseas nation (Ghana).

• Kelvin Baffour (M), Daniel Boateng (M), Wyatt Borso (F), Owen Cornell (GK), Mitchell Ferguson (D), Sebastian Inexperienced (M) and Nicholas Legendre (F) make up the category.

• Notre Dame additionally welcomes Mo Williams to the workforce, a grad switch defender from Seton Corridor.