Peoria is 1-9 against Bloomington since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Peoria Lions will host the Bloomington Purple Raiders at 4:30 p.m. Bloomington took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Peoria, who comes in off a win.
Peoria is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Kewanee out 2-1.
Meanwhile, Bloomington was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They came up short against Normal Community, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Purple Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 227th, while the Ironmen are ranked 84th).
Peoria came out on top in a nail-biter against Bloomington in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Does Peoria have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bloomington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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