Soccer Game Preview: Bessemer City vs. West Lincoln

The Bessemer City Yellow Jackets are taking a road trip to challenge the West Lincoln Rebels at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Bessemer City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.

On Wednesday, Bessemer City didn't have quite enough to beat Lincolnton and fell 3-2. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of four yellow cards before it was all over.

Yair Avila and Brayan Perez scored both of Bessemer City's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 29 goals.

Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, West Lincoln made sure to put some goals up on the board against Cherryville on Wednesday. They never let the Ironmen get on the board and left with a 9-0 victory. West Lincoln might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by three goals or more this season.

West Lincoln now has a winning record of 7-6. As for Bessemer City, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 7-7-1.

Bessemer City was able to grind out a solid win over West Lincoln in their previous matchup back in August, winning 5-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Yellow Jackets since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.