Soccer Preview: Champaign Central vs. Peoria
Champaign Central is 8-0 against Peoria since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Champaign Central Maroons will look to defend their home pitch against the Peoria Lions at 4:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Champaign Central's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They had just enough and edged Glenbard North out 1-0.
Meanwhile, Peoria was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They lost 10-0 to Centennial. While losing is never fun, Peoria can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 357th, while Centennial is ranked 143rd).
Champaign Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 10-5-2 record this season. As for Peoria, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Champaign Central took their victory against Peoria in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 7-0. Will Champaign Central repeat their success, or does Peoria have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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