Soccer Preview: Naperville Central vs. Metea Valley
The Naperville Central Redhawks will head out on the road to face off against the Metea Valley Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Naperville Central's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They came out on top against Oak Park-River Forest by a score of 2-0. Given the Redhawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Huskies are ranked 86th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Metea Valley won against Morton on Saturday with four goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Sunday. Metea Valley blew past Warren Township 4-0. That's two games straight that the Mustangs have won by exactly four goals.
They hit Warren Township with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Cole Hatfield (2),
Sahil Khare, and Khare.
Naperville Central has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3-2 record this season. As for Metea Valley, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-6-2.
Naperville Central beat Metea Valley by a goal when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Naperville Central since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
