Soccer Game Preview: Richland County vs. Mt. Vernon

The Richland County Tigers will square off against the Mt. Vernon Rams at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Richland County will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.

Richland County's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Mt. Carmel. Two seems to be a good number for Richland County as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mt. Vernon). Everything went their way against Mt. Carmel on Monday as they made off with a 4-0 victory. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Mt. Vernon's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Richland County, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.

Everything went Richland County's way against Mt. Vernon in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Richland County made off with a 3-0 win. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Rams have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.