Soccer Game Preview: Alief Elsik vs. Seven Lakes

Alief Elsik has won 12 straight games at home, while Seven Lakes has won 12 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. Alief Elsik will welcome Seven Lakes at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Alief Elsik is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Atascocita a 4-0 shutout. Given Alief Elsik's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked eighth, while Atascocita are ranked 61st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Seven Lakes won against Cypress Ridge on Tuesday with four goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Thursday. Seven Lakes put the hurt on Clear Springs with a sharp 4-0 win. That's two games straight that Seven Lakes have won by exactly four goals.

Seven Lakes has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That somehow still isn't as good as their 19-1-4 record this season. Alief Elsik's victory bumped their record up to 22-2.