Soccer Game Preview: Upper Dublin vs. Abington

On Thursday Upper Dublin will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will head out to square off against the Abington Galloping Ghosts at 3:30 p.m. Abington is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.

Upper Dublin's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Wissahickon as they made off with a 3-0 win. The victory was all the more spectacular given Upper Dublin's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 298th, while Wissahickon are ranked 103rd).

Meanwhile, Abington got the win against Hatboro-Horsham on Tuesday by a conclusive 5-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Abington.

Abington has now won 17 of their last 20 games at home. That's helped them to a 12-1-4 record this season. The home wins came by way of their defensive effort, having only given up six goals over those 20 contests. As for Upper Dublin, they are now 6-8, having gone 4-2 since their five-game losing streak ended.