Belleville East hasn't had much luck against O'Fallon recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Belleville East Lancers will host the O'Fallon Panthers at 6:45 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Belleville East is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Thursday. They lost 5-2 to Collinsville. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 355th, while the Kahoks are ranked 171st).
Meanwhile, O'Fallon entered their contest against Belleville West on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. O'Fallon fell just short of Belleville West by a score of 2-1. It was the first time this season that the Panthers let down their fans at home.
Their goal came courtesy of
Ben Schrieber, which was the first he's scored this season.
Belleville East's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for O'Fallon, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4-1.
Belleville East suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to O'Fallon when the teams last played on September 5th. Will Belleville East have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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