Minico is 2-8 against Wood River since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Minico Spartans will venture away from home to square off against the Wood River Wolverines at 4:30 p.m.
Minico is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Tuesday. They came up short against Mountain Home, falling 7-1.
Meanwhile, Wood River had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Bobcats. Given the Wolverines' advantage in MaxPreps' Idaho soccer rankings (they are ranked third, while the Bobcats are ranked 56th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Minico's defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Wood River, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Minico suffered a grim 13-0 defeat to Wood River when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can Minico avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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