The Murphysboro Red Devils will head out on the road to square off against the Carterville Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Carterville took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Murphysboro, who comes in off a win.
Murphysboro's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Pinckneyville 5-0. Considering the Red Devils have won four matchups by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Pinckneyville with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jonas Schaldemose (2),
Angel Lemus (2), and
Chase Taylor.
Meanwhile, there was early excitement for Carterville after they claimed the first goal on Thursday, however, they wouldn't score again. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden. Having soared to a lofty nine goals in the game before, the Lions couldn't push the score so high this time.
Murphysboro has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4-1 record this season. As for Carterville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3-2.
Murphysboro beat Carterville 5-3 in their previous meeting on September 5th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Murphysboro since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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