Soccer Game Preview: Oil City vs. Meadville

By Team Reports Oct 12, 2024, 12:56am

Soccer Preview: Oil City vs. Meadville

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Oil City is 2-8 against Meadville since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Oil City Oilers will play host again on Monday to welcome the Meadville Bulldogs, where kickoff is scheduled at 4:00 p.m.

Oil City's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against General McLane on Thursday. They came up short against the Lancers, 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).

Meanwhile, Meadville hadn't done well against Bradford recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Meadville blew past Bradford 6-1. Considering the Bulldogs have won six matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Oil City's loss dropped their record down to 0-12-1. As for Meadville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.

Oil City might still be hurting after the 11-0 defeat they got from Meadville in their previous meeting back in September. Will Oil City have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.

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