Effingham is 0-10 against Mahomet-Seymour since September of 2019 but things could change on Wednesday. The Effingham Hearts will be staying on the road to face off against the Mahomet-Seymour Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. Effingham is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season.
Effingham's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Richland County. Given the Hearts' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 103rd, while the Tigers are ranked 434th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Maicol Sefton and
Sam Spicer scored both of Effingham's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 34 goals.
Meanwhile, Mahomet-Seymour sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Champaign Central on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Effingham's record now sits at 15-1. As for Mahomet-Seymour, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-5-1 record this season.
Effingham might still be hurting after the 4-1 defeat they got from Mahomet-Seymour in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Effingham was down 4-1.
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