Soccer Preview: Meadville vs. Oil City
Meadville has gone 8-2 against Oil City recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Meadville Bulldogs' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Oil City Oilers at 4:00 p.m. Oil City took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Meadville, who comes in off a win.
Meadville will bounce into Monday's game after beating Bradford, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Meadville was the clear victor by a 6-1 margin over Bradford on Tuesday. Considering the Bulldogs have won six matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Oil City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They came up short against General McLane, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Oilers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 566th, while the Lancers are ranked 60th).
Meadville is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Oil City, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-12-1.
Everything went Meadville's way against Oil City in their previous matchup back in September, as Meadville made off with an 11-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Meadville since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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