The Murphysboro Red Devils are taking a road trip to challenge the Freeburg Midgets at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Murphysboro is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
Murphysboro's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Marion by a score of 2-0. Given Murphysboro's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 162nd, while Marion are ranked 350th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
David Boudet and Sergio Hernandez-Garcia scored both of Murphysboro's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 32 goals.
Meanwhile, Freeburg entered their tilt with Carterville on Saturday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Lions with a sharp 6-0 victory. Freeburg might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by four goals or more this season.
Murphysboro's record is now 12-5-3. As for Freeburg, their record now sits at 10-8-1.
Murphysboro couldn't quite get it done against Freeburg in their previous matchup back in October of 2019 as they fell 2-0. Can the Red Devils avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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