Soccer Game Preview: Ashland vs. Willard

The Ashland Arrows are taking a road trip to square off against the Willard Crimson Flashes at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Willard is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.

Ashland is headed into Wednesday's match hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They fell just short of Mansfield Christian by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now in which Ashland have lost by just one goal.

Meanwhile, Willard's game on Saturday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They came out on top against Genoa Area by a score of 5-3. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Willard considering their one-goal performance the contest before.

Willard has been performing incredibly well recently, winning four of their last five games. That's given a healthy boost to their 8-5-1 record this season. The wins were made possible by their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 19 goals over those five matchups. As for Ashland, their loss dropped their record down to 9-3-2.