The Mentor Cardinals are on the road again on Monday to play the Avon Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mentor's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Cleveland Heights. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Tigers are ranked 306th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Avon hasn't lost a match since September 16th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Saturday. They won by a goal and slipped past Rocky River 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for the Eagles as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Mentor has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3-2 record this season. As for Avon, their victory bumped their record up to 10-1-3.
Mentor was able to grind out a solid win over Avon in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mentor since the squad 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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