Soccer Game Preview: Firelands vs. Wellington

By Team Reports Oct 1, 2024, 8:49am

Soccer Preview: Firelands vs. Wellington

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Firelands has gone 10-0 against Wellington recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Firelands Falcons will be playing at home against the Wellington Dukes at 5:00 p.m.

Firelands is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against North Olmsted on Monday. Firelands fell 2-0 to North Olmsted. Having soared to a lofty eight goals in the game before, the Falcons' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.

Meanwhile, Wellington came tearing into Saturday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cardinals a 3-0 shutout. Considering the Dukes have won ten games by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Firelands' defeat dropped their record down to 11-2-1. As for Wellington, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-1-2 record this season.

Firelands came out on top in a nail-biter against Wellington when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 1-0. Does Firelands have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wellington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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