Soccer Preview: Streaking Lyons Faces Slumping Proviso West

The Lyons Lions will be playing in front of their home fans against the Proviso West Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lyons has 12 straight wins, Proviso West has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.

Lyons' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 5-0 margin over Hinsdale Central. Considering Lyons have won eight matches by more than two goals this season, another big win was nothing new.

Meanwhile, Proviso West fell victim to Oak Park-River Forest and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 8-0 to the Huskies. While losing is never fun, Proviso West can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 292nd, while Oak Park-River Forest are ranked 92nd).

Proviso West's defeat dropped their record down to 4-8-1. As for Lyons, they have now won seven of their last eight games on the road. That's helped them to a 14-0-1 record this season.