Soccer Preview: Elizabeth Forward vs. East Allegheny
Elizabeth Forward is 9-0-1 against East Allegheny since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Elizabeth Forward Warriors have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the East Allegheny Wild Cats at 1:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Elizabeth Forward is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering South Park just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, East Allegheny's game on Tuesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They lost 4-0 to South Park. While losing is never fun, the Wild Cats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 522nd, while the Eagles are ranked 126th).
Elizabeth Forward's defeat dropped their record down to 6-3-1. As for East Allegheny, their loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-9.
Everything went Elizabeth Forward's way against East Allegheny when the teams last played back in September, as Elizabeth Forward made off with a 10-1 win. In that contest, Elizabeth Forward amassed a halftime lead of 5-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
