Fairland has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will host the Ironton Fighting Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Fairland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season.
Fairland will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Portsmouth on Thursday. Fairland walked away with a 5-3 victory over Portsmouth.
Meanwhile, Ironton has been on a difficult stretch since their win on September 5. They lost 3-0 to Spring Valley on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 547th in Ohio, while the Timberwolves are ranked 41st in West Virginia).
Fairland is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5-1 record this season. As for Ironton, their loss dropped their record down to 2-14-1.
Fairland took their win against Ironton when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 5-0. Will Fairland repeat their success, or does Ironton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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