Soccer Game Preview: Olathe West vs. Gardner-Edgerton

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Previous 5 Games

05/09/24 - Away	1-0 W
03/21/23 - Away	3-0 W
03/24/22 - Away	7-0 W
03/23/21 - Away	4-0 W
03/28/19 - Away	3-1 W

Olathe West has gone a perfect 5-0 against Gardner-Edgerton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Owls will challenge the Trailblazers at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Olathe West has three straight victories, Gardner-Edgerton has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.

Olathe West's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Lawrence Free State 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Olathe West were the better team in the second half.

Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Gardner-Edgerton's offense. They fell just short of Olathe South by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Gardner-Edgerton have lost by just one goal.

Olathe West's victory bumped their record up to 3-1-1. As for Gardner-Edgerton, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9.

Olathe West skirted past Gardner-Edgerton 1-0 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Will the Owls repeat their success, or do the Trailblazers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.