Edwardsville has gone 8-2 against Belleville East recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Edwardsville Tigers' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Belleville East Lancers at 6:45 p.m. Belleville East took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Edwardsville, who comes in off a win.
Edwardsville's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Alton. That's two games straight that the Tigers have won by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Belleville East was not quite Althoff Catholic's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Crusaders. 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 334th, while the Crusaders are ranked 36th).
Edwardsville's victory bumped their record up to 8-6-1. As for Belleville East, they dropped their record down to 2-10 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight at home.
Everything went Edwardsville's way against Belleville East in their previous meeting back in September, as Edwardsville made off with a 4-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Edwardsville since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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