The East Grand Rapids Pioneers will head out on the road to challenge the Forest Hills Central Rangers at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, everything went East Grand Rapids' way against Forest Hills Eastern as East Grand Rapids made off with a 4-1 win. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Hawks are ranked 227th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Forest Hills Central entered their tilt with Christian on Monday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Eagles. That's two games straight that the Rangers have won by exactly two goals.
Andrew Moeller and
Micah Scholtens scored all three of Forest Hills Central's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 18 goals.
East Grand Rapids is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season. As for Forest Hills Central, their win bumped their record up to 8-4-2.
East Grand Rapids came out on top in a nail-biter against Forest Hills Central when the teams last played on September 3rd, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Grand Rapids since the squad 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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