Soccer Game Preview: Lincoln-Way Central vs. Homewood-Flossmoor

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Previous Games

04/27/24 - Home	1-1 T
03/27/23 - Home	3-2 W
04/07/22 - Away	3-0 W
06/05/21 - Home	7-0 W
04/29/21 - Away	2-0 W
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Lincoln-Way Central is 9-0-1 against Homewood-Flossmoor since April of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Knights are taking a road trip to challenge the Vikings at 6:15 p.m. Lincoln-Way Central's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Lincoln-Way Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Metea Valley, who was ranked 11th at the time (Lincoln-Way Central was ranked fifth). The Knights fell just short of the Mustangs by a score of 2-1 on Monday. The contest was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but Lincoln-Way Central couldn't quite close it out.

Meanwhile, Homewood-Flossmoor was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was Plainfield East who was credited with the victory. The Bengals got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to Homewood-Flossmoor's three.

Homewood-Flossmoor's loss dropped their record down to 2-5-1. As for Lincoln-Way Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-3.