The Western Wayne Wildcats will head out to square off against the West Scranton Invaders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Western Wayne is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 6.2 goals per game this season.
Western Wayne will head out to face West Scranton after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. Western Wayne fell 4-2 to Dunmore. It was the first time this season that the Wildcats let down their fans at home.
Jacob Wells and
Logan Pauler scored both of Western Wayne's goals, bringing their combined season tally to seven goals.
Meanwhile, West Scranton kept a clean sheet against Mid Valley on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Spartans. Given the Invaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 149th, while the Spartans are ranked 492nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Western Wayne's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-2. As for West Scranton, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which somehow isn't as good as their 5-1-1 record this season.
Western Wayne was able to grind out a solid win over West Scranton in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 7-5. Will Western Wayne repeat their success, or does West Scranton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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