Soccer Preview: Alton vs. Belleville East
Alton is on a three-game streak of home losses, Belleville East a four-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Tuesday. The Alton Redbirds will host the Belleville East Lancers at 6:30 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.
Alton came up short against O'Fallon on Thursday, falling 5-1. While losing is never fun, the Redbirds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 231st, while the Panthers are ranked 68th).
Alton's goal came courtesy of
Chad Fournie, who's now up to six this season.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Belleville East was not quite Granite City's equal in the second half on Wednesday. They fell 3-1 to the Warriors.
Alton's loss dropped their record down to 4-6-1. As for Belleville East, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Alton skirted past Belleville East 2-1 when the teams last played on September 3rd. Will Alton repeat their success, or does Belleville East have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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