Carterville is 4-0 against DuQuoin since March of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Carterville Lions will be playing at home against the DuQuoin Indians at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Carterville has three straight victories, DuQuoin has 18 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Carterville's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Centralia out 1-0. Carterville's winning goal came courtesy of Alea Ruiz.
Meanwhile, DuQuoin fell victim to Murphysboro and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 9-0 to the Red Devils. While losing is never fun, DuQuoin can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 420th, while Murphysboro is ranked 138th).
Carterville pushed their record up to 11-3-1 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for DuQuoin, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-18.
Carterville took their victory against DuQuoin in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 8-1. Will Carterville repeat their success, or does DuQuoin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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