Soccer Preview: Murphysboro vs. Harrisburg
Murphysboro is 10-0 against Harrisburg since May of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Murphysboro Red Devils will be playing at home against the Harrisburg Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. One thing working in Murphysboro's favor is that they have posted big goal totals in their last three matchups.
In what's become a running theme this season, Murphysboro gave their fans yet another huge victory on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Breese Central a 5-0 shutout. It was an even better day for Megan McNitt as she scored four goals for her team.
Meanwhile, after soaring to seven goals the game before, Harrisburg was a bit more limited in their game on Thursday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Carterville. While losing is never fun, Harrisburg can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 202nd, while Carterville is ranked 89th).
Murphysboro has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-2-2 record this season. As for Harrisburg, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Everything went Murphysboro's way against Harrisburg when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as Murphysboro made off with a 9-0 win. Does Murphysboro have another victory up their sleeve, or will Harrisburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
