The Moberly Spartans will play host again on Monday to welcome the Mexico Bulldogs, where kickoff is scheduled at 6:40 p.m. Moberly is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Moberly's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Smithton with a sharp 8-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Spartans, who have now won seven contests by five goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Smithton from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Gabe Runde led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Mexico was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost 8-0 to Hannibal. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri soccer rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Pirates are ranked 25th).
Moberly's win bumped their record up to 10-11-1. As for Mexico, their loss dropped their record down to 5-11.
Everything went Moberly's way against Mexico in their previous meeting back in September, as Moberly made off with an 8-0 victory. Does Moberly have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mexico turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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