The Battle Spartans have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Boonville Pirates at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Battle's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Jefferson City on Monday. They lost 4-0 to the Jays. While losing is never fun, Battle can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri soccer rankings (they are ranked 220th, while Jefferson City is ranked 80th).
Meanwhile, Boonville didn't have quite enough to beat Moberly on Thursday and fell 2-1. The loss continues a trend for Boonville in their matchups with Moberly: they've now lost three in a row.
Battle dropped their record down to 1-13 with that defeat, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Boonville, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9.
Battle suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Boonville when the teams last played on April 13th. Can Battle avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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