O'Fallon has gone 9-1 against Alton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The O'Fallon Panthers will welcome the Alton Redbirds at 6:30 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
O'Fallon's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Edwardsville out 1-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Meanwhile, Alton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They lost 8-1 to Collinsville. That's two games in a row now that the Redbirds have lost by exactly seven goals.
Their goal came courtesy of
Benny Helfrich, which was the first he's scored this season.
O'Fallon pushed their record up to 10-5-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Alton, their loss dropped their record down to 4-11-1.
Everything went O'Fallon's way against Alton when the teams last played back in September, as O'Fallon made off with a 5-1 victory. Does O'Fallon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Alton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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