The Nordonia Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Marlington Dukes at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Nordonia has given up an average of 4.5 goals per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Marlington will have to contend with a Nordonia team hungry for a win, something the squad hasn't seen since August 28. Nordonia came up short against Stow-Munroe Falls on Tuesday, falling 6-1. While losing is never fun, Nordonia can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 326th, while Stow-Munroe Falls are ranked 137th).
Marlington, on the other hand, haven't lost since September 4th and they too continued that trend. They and GlenOak finished up on equal footing with a 2-2 draw on Saturday. While a more conclusive result would've been nice, Marlington got plenty of practice considering the match was the highest-scoring draw the team's played all season.
Nordonia's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10-2. With that draw, Marlington's record moves to 11-1-4.
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