Soccer Game Preview: Belleview vs. Lake Weir

The Belleview Rattlers will face off against the Lake Weir Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Belleview is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Vanguard on Wednesday. Belleview took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Vanguard. While losing is never fun, the Rattlers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 420th, while the Knights are ranked 203rd).

Meanwhile, Lake Weir kept a clean sheet against Crystal River on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Pirates as they made off with a 4-0 victory. Considering the Hurricanes have won four matches by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Lake Weir has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-6-1 record this season. As for Belleview, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11-1.

Belleview beat Lake Weir by a goal in their previous meeting last Tuesday, winning 3-2. Will Belleview repeat their success, or does Lake Weir have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.