SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The No. 8 Irish head north to take on regional rival Michigan in a midweek non-conference matchup at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at U-M Soccer Stadium. The game will be streamed on B1G+.
No. 8 NOTRE DAME vs. MICHIGAN
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan | U-M Soccer Stadium
TV: B1G+
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Game Notes: vs. Michigan
THE MICHIGAN SERIES
• The Irish and Wolverines will meet on the pitch for the 23rd time on Tuesday evening.
• Notre Dame holds a commanding lead in the all-time series with a record of 15-3-4 against Michigan.
• The Irish won last season’s meeting in thrilling fashion, posting a come-from-behind 3-2 victory at Alumni Stadium.
• Daniel Russo scored a hat trick, with his final two goals coming in the last seven minutes of play to deliver the Irish the win.
• Notre Dame has a record of 5-1-1 when playing in Ann Arbor.
LAST TIME OUT
• Notre Dame won its fifth straight match with an ACC win over Virginia Tech by a score of 1-0.
• The Irish recorded their sixth seventh clean sheet of the year and third straight shutout.
• Matthew Roou scored in the 72nd minute off a long throw-in from Kyle Genenbacher and a flick on from Mitch Ferguson which ended up being the winner.
TOP OF THE TABLE
• The Irish are off to its best start in ACC play in program history through six games, totaling 16 points with a record of 5-0-1 to lead the league.
• Notre Dame has scored 12 goals in its six matches, which are the most of any league team.
• The Irish have a +7 goal differential through six ACC matches, which is the best in the conference.
• With the win over Virginia Tech and Virginia’s win over Pitt on Friday, Oct. 13, the Irish clinched a top-2 seed in the ACC Tournament and at least a share of the ACC Coastal division regular season title.
STRONG STARTS
• Notre Dame has made it a habit of jumping out to an early lead this season, as the Irish have scored the opening goal in nine of 13 matches in 2023.
• Eight of the nine opening goals have come in the first 25 minutes of play.
•The quickest goal to start a match came from Matthew Roou in the 4th minute in the win over Clemson.
• The Fighting Irish are unbeaten when scoring the opening goal over the last 29 occurrences, posting a record of 28-0-1 spanning back to the early stages of the 2021 season.
FIGHT TO THE FINISH
• As good as the Irish have been at the beginning of matches, they have been even better in the final 45 minutes of play.
• Notre Dame has outscored its opponents by a combined score of 13-1 in second halves this season.
• The lone goal allowed came via a deflected own goal in the win over Virginia.
SET-PIECE SUCCESS
• ND has excelled on both ends of the field on set pieces during the 2023 season.
•The Irish defense has allowed just one goal off a set piece all season while in attack 11 of the team’s 26 goals have come via a set piece.
• Notre Dame has scored off three free kicks, three corners, three penalty kicks and two from throw-ins.
DOWD DELIVERS
•Bryan Dowd leads the ACC in save percentage (.857), clean sheets (6) and goals against average (.583). He also ranks in the top 10 in the country in all three categories as well.
• The shot stopper has 53 career starts while appearing in 54 matches over his previous three seasons in South Bend.
• Dowd has amassed 142 career saves and has recorded 19 clean sheets over his time in South Bend.
•The senior produced his best performance of his career in the 0-0 draw at Akron, making a career-high 12 saves to keep the clean sheet intact.
• The 12 saves are the most by an ACC goalkeeper this season and the third most of any goalie at the DI level.
DOMINATING DEFENSE
• The Fighting Irish have allowed just seven goals through 13 matches during the 2023 campaign.
• The 0.538 goals against average ranks first in the ACC and sixth in the country.
• With seven shutouts over 13 matches, the Irish are eighth in the country in shutout percentage with a mark 53.8.
• Notre Dame has given up just one or no goals in 12 of 13 matches this season.
• With three straight shutouts coming into Tuesday, Notre Dame hasn’t allowed a goal over the last 325:37 of play..
ROOU’S RUN OF FORM
• Junior Matthew Roou leads the Irish attack through 13 matches this season, producing 18 points off eight goals and two assists.
• Roou’s hat trick in the win over IUPUI was the first of his career and the first of the season for the Irish.
• The junior forward finished with seven points off three goals and an assist, becoming the first Notre Dame player to record seven or more points in a match since Dave Donohue also had seven points against Marquette on Sept. 11, 2008.
• Roou currently has 19 career goals to go along with nine career assists, totaling 47 career points for the forward.