The Clayton Greyhounds will venture away from home to face off against the Northwest Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Clayton will be strutting in after a win while Northwest will be coming in after a loss.
Clayton will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Pattonville, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. The Greyhounds' defense stepped up to hand the Pirates a 2-0 shutout on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Clayton.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Northwest's offense. They came up short against Ladue Horton Watkins on Tuesday, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, Northwest can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri soccer rankings (they are ranked 49th, while Ladue Horton Watkins are ranked sixth).
This is the second loss in a row for Northwest and nudges their season record down to 11-7. As for Clayton, the victory got them back to even at 7-7-1.
Clayton skirted past Northwest 1-0 when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Will the Greyhounds repeat their success, or do the Lions have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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