The Mt. Zion Braves will venture away from home to challenge the Mattoon Greenwave at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mattoon took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Mt. Zion, who comes in off a win.
Mt. Zion is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past Decatur Eisenhower 12-0 on Monday. Mt. Zion haven't had any issues with Decatur Eisenhower recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, after soaring to nine goals the game before, Mattoon was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They came up short against Mahomet-Seymour, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, Mattoon can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while Mahomet-Seymour are ranked 93rd).
Mattoon's loss dropped their record down to 9-9. As for Mt. Zion, their win bumped their record up to 13-5-2.
Everything went Mt. Zion's way against Mattoon when the teams last played two weeks ago, as Mt. Zion made off with a 5-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Braves 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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