The Effingham Hearts have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Mattoon Greenwave at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Effingham is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.4 goals per game this season.
Mattoon better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Effingham really get things going. Effingham's defense stepped up to hand Mt. Vernon a 5-0 shutout on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Hearts, who have now won eight matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Mt. Vernon with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Maicol Sefton (3),
Jacob Warner, and Warner.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last four contests, Mattoon finally came back down to earth on Saturday. They lost 4-1 to Altamont. The Greenwave's loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Effingham's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-0. As for Mattoon, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-5.
Effingham took their win against Mattoon when the teams last played on September 10th by a conclusive 5-1. Will Effingham repeat their success, or does Mattoon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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