Soccer Preview: Asheville vs. Hough
The Asheville Cougars will face off against the Hough Huskies on Tuesday. Asheville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season.
Asheville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against R.J. Reynolds by a score of 3-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Cougars were the better team in the second half.
Alex Litzenberger and
Shep Goldstein scored all three of Asheville's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 52 goals.
Meanwhile, Hough entered their tilt with Hopewell on Saturday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They skirted past the Titans 2-1. That's two games straight that the Huskies have won by just one goal.
Hough has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-7-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 78 goals over those 13 games. As for Asheville, they pushed their record up to 16-3-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
Everything went Asheville's way against Hough in their previous meeting back in August of 2018, as Asheville made off with a 4-1 win. In that match, Asheville amassed a halftime lead of 4-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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