Soccer Preview: Forest vs. Vanguard
Forest has gone 9-1 against Vanguard recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Forest Wildcats are taking a road trip to take on the Vanguard Knights at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are still undefeated (Forest has three wins , while Vanguard has five dating back to last season).
Forest's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Belleview. Give the Wildcats' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Aidan Curtis and
Finley Eck scored both of Forest's goals, which were season-firsts for both players.
Meanwhile, everything went Vanguard's way against Belleview on Monday as Vanguard made off with a 3-0 victory. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by three goals or more this season.
Vanguard pushed their record up to 5-0-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 19 goals over those five games. As for Forest, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
Forest was able to grind out a solid win over Vanguard when the teams last played back in December of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Forest repeat their success, or does Vanguard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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