The Lima Senior Spartans will head out to face off against the Elida Bulldogs at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Elida is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Lima Senior was handed a four-goal defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Monday. They had just enough and edged out Start 3-2.
Meanwhile, Elida had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 2-0. The final result isn't all that surprising considering Elida's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 168th, while Bath are ranked 409th).
Elida has now won five of their last six games at home. That gives them a 5-1-2 record this season. Those home victories were made possible by their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 34 goals over those six matchups. As for Lima Senior, they have now won six of their last eight games on the road. That gives them a 4-3-2 record this season.
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