Belleville East is 2-8 against Edwardsville since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Belleville East Lancers will host the Edwardsville Tigers at 6:45 p.m.
Belleville East and Althoff Catholic met for a duel on Tuesday where Belleville East had to take the L. Belleville East fell 2-0 to Althoff Catholic. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Lancers' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Edwardsville kept a clean sheet against Alton on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Redbirds. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 125th, while the Redbirds are ranked 299th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Belleville East's defeat dropped their record down to 2-10. As for Edwardsville, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-6-1.
Belleville East might still be hurting after the 4-0 loss they got from Edwardsville in their previous matchup back in September. Will Belleville East have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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