Soccer Preview: Lebanon vs. Cookeville
Lebanon is 0-6-1 against Cookeville since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lebanon Blue Devils will be staying on the road to face off against the Cookeville Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lebanon will bounce into Thursday's game after beating LaVergne, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Lebanon never let LaVergne onto the board and left with a 1-0 win on Tuesday. The victory was all the more spectacular given Lebanon's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 144th, while LaVergne is ranked 17th).
Lebanon's one-goal win came courtesy of
Max Wosiak, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, Cookeville waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They beat the Wildcats by a goal, winning 1-0. That's two games straight that Cookeville has won by just one goal.
Lebanon pushed their record up to 8-9 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Cookeville, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5-1 record this season.
Lebanon came up short against Cookeville in their previous meeting last Tuesday, falling 3-1. Can Lebanon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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