Soccer Preview: Belleville East vs. O'Fallon
Belleville East hasn't had much luck against O'Fallon recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Belleville East Lancers will look to defend their home pitch against the O'Fallon Panthers at 6:45 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Belleville East is headed into Thursday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Thursday. They lost 5-2 to Collinsville. 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).
Meanwhile, O'Fallon entered their match against Belleville West on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. 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.
Belleville East's defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for O'Fallon, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4-1.
Belleville East might still be hurting after the 5-0 defeat they got from O'Fallon in their previous matchup on September 5th. Will Belleville East have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
