Soccer Game Preview: Pekin vs. Dunlap

The Pekin Dragons will head out to take on the Dunlap Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Dunlap is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.

Pekin fell victim to Washington and their airtight defense on Saturday. They lost 5-0 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, Pekin can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 389th, while Washington are ranked 47th).

Meanwhile, Dunlap entered their tilt with Richwoods on Saturday with two consecutive wins but they'll face Pekin with three. They were the clear victors by a 7-0 margin over the Knights. Give Dunlap's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.

Dunlap has now won 16 of their last 17 games on the road. That's helped them to a 15-4-1 record this season. Those road wins were made possible by their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 78 goals over those 17 matchups. As for Pekin, their loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-11-2.