Alton hasn't had much luck against O'Fallon recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Alton Redbirds will be staying on the road to face off against the O'Fallon Panthers at 6:30 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Alton lost 8-1 to Collinsville on Tuesday. 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.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when O'Fallon faced off against Edwardsville on Tuesday. O'Fallon's defense stepped up to hand Edwardsville a 1-0 shutout. The Panthers found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Kolby Clanin and Lucas Eccher were both handed yellow cards.
Alton's defeat dropped their record down to 4-11-1. As for O'Fallon, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-1 record this season.
Alton suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to O'Fallon when the teams last played back in September. Can Alton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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