Saint Louis plays host to the nationally ranked Missouri State Bears on Wednesday in a pivotal nonconference men's soccer matchup at Hermann Stadium. First kick is scheduled for 7 p.m.

The match will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Dan Bettlach on the call.

The Billikens (3-3-1) are unbeaten in their last three games. SLU is coming off a 2-1 victory over Fordham on Saturday in Atlantic 10 Conference play. Christian Buendia opened the scoring for the Bills on a PK, and CJ Coppola tallied the second-half game-winner for the 2-1 triumph.

Missouri State appears in the top 10 in all three national polls. They are one of three programs in the NCAA that has yielded just one goal or less this season. The Bears have gone the NCAA Tournament each of the last four seasons and has won three consecutive Missouri Valley Conference titles.

Here are five additional facts in advance of Wednesday's match against Missouri State:

1 // CJ Coppola and Mason Hart earned weekly honors from the Atlantic 10 Conference this week. Coppola was named the A-10 Offensive Player of the Week after scoring two game-winning goals last week. Hart earned A-10 Rookie of the Week honors after he made eight saves in the shutout win against Oral Roberts. Coppola was also named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week. Max Floriani earned a spot on the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week.

2 // Coppola leads the Billikens in scoring in four goals. He is one of 18 players in the NCAA with three or more game-winning goals.

3 // Saturday's game against Fordham had an attendance of 6,457, the second-largest crowd in Hermann Stadium history. It was also the second-largest on-campus crowd in NCAA men's soccer this season.

4 // This will be the 15th meeting between the Billikens and Bears. Saint Louis leads the all-time series 9-0-5. The teams last met in 2011, a 1-1 draw at Hermann Stadium.

5 // Billikens head coach Kevin Kalish and Bears head coach Michael Seabolt faced off against each other in the 2001 NCAA Division II Final Four. Kalish was an assistant at SIUE, while Seabolt was an assistant at Tampa. Tampa ended up winning the matchup and went on to claim the NCAA Division II national title that year.