Soccer Game Preview:

Effingham is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Teutopolis is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Effingham Hearts will host the Teutopolis Wooden Shoes at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Effingham is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.8 goals per game this season.

Effingham's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Taylorville as Effingham made off with a 9-0 victory. The Hearts might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by three goals or more this season.

Their offense was hitting Taylorville from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Maicol Sefton led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.

Meanwhile, Teutopolis' game on Saturday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Carlyle. Given the Wooden Shoes' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 176th, while the Indians/Lady Indians are ranked 425th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Effingham's victory bumped their record up to 10-0. As for Teutopolis, their win bumped their record up to 10-1.

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