Soccer Preview: O'Fallon vs. Belleville East
O'Fallon is 8-2 against Belleville East since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The O'Fallon Panthers will take on the Belleville East Lancers at 6:45 p.m. O'Fallon is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
O'Fallon will head out to face Belleville East after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. O'Fallon fell just short of Belleville West by a score of 2-1. It was the first time this season that the Panthers let down their fans at home.
Their goal came courtesy of
Ben Schrieber, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Belleville East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They came up short against Collinsville, falling 5-2. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 355th, while the Kahoks are ranked 171st).
O'Fallon's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4-1. As for Belleville East, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
O'Fallon took their win against Belleville East when the teams last played on September 5th by a conclusive 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for O'Fallon since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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