The Richmond Red Devils will head out to take on the Kokomo Wildkats at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Richmond will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each match than the last.
Richmond is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 13-2 margin over Union City on Wednesday. Given the Red Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Indians are ranked 224th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Kokomo's game on Tuesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. Their defense stepped up to hand Park Tudor a 2-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Wildkats have won by exactly two goals.
Richmond's win bumped their record up to 3-1-1. As for Kokomo, the victory (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-1.
Richmond came out on top in a nail-biter against Kokomo when the teams last played back in September of 2022, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Richmond 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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