Lebanon is 0-6 against West Lafayette since August of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lebanon Tigers will host the West Lafayette Red Devils at 7:00 p.m.
Last Saturday, Lebanon didn't have quite enough to beat Faith Christian and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while the Eagles are ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, West Lafayette had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Sparkplugs out 2-1. Even though the Red Devils got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( Ollie Elliot was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
Will Covington was the driving force of West Lafayette's attack as he scored both of West Lafayette's goals, bringing his season total up to five goals.
Lebanon's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for West Lafayette, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
Lebanon came up short against West Lafayette in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Lebanon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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