Soccer Game Preview: Land O' Lakes vs. Wiregrass Ranch

The Land O' Lakes Gators will take on the Wiregrass Ranch Bulls in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Land O' Lakes is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Springstead just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles.

Land O' Lakes' goal came courtesy of Sanad Jawahreh, who's now up to two this season.

Meanwhile, Wiregrass Ranch kept a clean sheet against Angeline Academy of Innovation on Monday. They put the hurt on the Archers with a sharp 8-0 win. The Bulls might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by three goals or more this season.

Wiregrass Ranch has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 44 goals over those ten matches. As for Land O' Lakes, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-5.

Land O' Lakes suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Wiregrass Ranch in their previous meeting back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Land O' Lakes was down 4-1.