The Southwestern Piasa Birds will challenge the Pana Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Southwestern is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Litchfield on Tuesday. They came up short against the Purple Panthers, falling 10-0. While losing is never fun, Southwestern can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 321st, while Litchfield are ranked 86th).
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Pana's offense. They lost 5-0 to Carlinville on Tuesday.
Southwestern's loss dropped their record down to 3-7-1. As for Pana, they now have a losing record of 4-5-1.
Everything went Southwestern's way against Pana in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Southwestern made off with a 5-1 win. In that contest, the Piasa Birds amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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