Carterville is 1-8 against Carbondale since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Carterville Lions will take on the Carbondale Terriers at 6:30 p.m.
Carterville is headed into Wednesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Monday. They came up short against Marion, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 372nd, while the Wildcats are ranked 179th).
Meanwhile, Carbondale waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Wildcats with a sharp 4-1 victory.
Carterville's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-7-2. As for Carbondale, the win got them back to even at 8-8-1.
Carterville suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Carbondale when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Carterville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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