Soccer Game Preview: Vidor vs. Little Cypress-Mauriceville

The Vidor Pirates will venture away from home to square off against the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Vidor's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Little Cypress-Mauriceville's offense will have their work cut out for them.

Little Cypress-Mauriceville will be up against a hot Vidor team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Vidor blew past Silsbee 5-0 on Friday. Considering the Pirates have won 12 matchups by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Meanwhile, after soaring to eight goals the game before, Little Cypress-Mauriceville was a bit more limited in their game on Friday. They lost 8-0 to Lumberton. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 578th, while the Raiders are ranked 156th).

Vidor's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four contests. As for Little Cypress-Mauriceville, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last 11 matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-13 record this season.

Everything went Vidor's way against Little Cypress-Mauriceville when the teams last played back in January, as Vidor made off with a 7-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Vidor since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.