The Plymouth Christian Academy Eagles are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Lansing Christian Pilgrims. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Plymouth Christian Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Shrine Catholic 2-1. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Lansing Christian came tearing into Thursday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.4 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over the Lancers. Given the Pilgrims' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Lancers are ranked 153rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Plymouth Christian Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5-2 record this season. As for Lansing Christian, they pushed their record up to 21-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Plymouth Christian Academy skirted past Lansing Christian 2-1 in their previous meeting back in August of 2017. The rematch might be a little tougher for Plymouth Christian Academy since the team 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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