Soccer Game Preview: Liberty-Benton vs. Liberty Center

The Liberty-Benton Eagles will take on the Liberty Center Tigers in a tournament on Thursday. One thing working in Liberty-Benton's favor is that they have posted at least four goals in their last three matchups.

Liberty-Benton's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Ottawa-Glandorf 4-0. Liberty-Benton might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 contests by three goals or more this season.

They hit Ottawa-Glandorf with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Lincoln Holler (2), Lucas Theiss, and Aiden Hatch.

Meanwhile, Liberty Center didn't have quite enough to beat Otsego on Thursday and fell 2-1. That's two games in a row now that Liberty Center have lost by just one goal.

Liberty-Benton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-1-2 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 69 goals over those 11 matches. As for Liberty Center, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-9.

Everything went Liberty-Benton's way against Liberty Center in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, as Liberty-Benton made off with a 6-0 victory. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.