Edwardsville is 10-0 against Collinsville since May of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Edwardsville Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Collinsville Kahoks at 5:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Edwardsville's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They had just enough and edged Granite City out 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Edwardsville was the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Collinsville has been on a difficult stretch since their win on April 24. They fell just short of Triad by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Collinsville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 202nd, while Triad is ranked 24th).
Edwardsville pushed their record up to 10-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Collinsville, their loss dropped their record down to 5-14-1.
Edwardsville was able to grind out a solid victory over Collinsville in their previous meeting back in March, winning 2-0. Does Edwardsville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Collinsville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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