Alton has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to square off against the Belleville West Maroons at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Alton's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Granite City on Monday. They lost 4-0 to the Warriors. That's two games in a row now that the Redbirds have lost by exactly four goals.
Meanwhile, Belleville West kept a clean sheet against Civic Memorial on Monday. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with a 5-0 win. Given the Maroons' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 66th, while the Eagles are ranked 288th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Alton's loss was their sixth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-9-1. As for Belleville West, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
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