The Wheeling Wildcats will square off against the Rolling Meadows Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rolling Meadows is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
On Tuesday, neither Wheeling nor Barrington could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 0-0 draw.
Meanwhile, Rolling Meadows had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Grenadiers. Given Rolling Meadows' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 31st, while Elk Grove are ranked 119th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rolling Meadows has now won six of their last eight games at home. That gives them an 11-2-3 record this season. The home wins were made possible by their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those eight games. Wheeling's draw makes their record 3-4-6 this season.
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