Soccer Preview: Granby vs. Bayside
The Granby Comets will head out on the road to take on the Bayside Marlins at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither Granby nor Bayside posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Granby is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Landstown just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell victim to a rough 4-1 loss at the hands of the Eagles. Granby has not had much luck with Landstown recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Granby's goal came courtesy of
Diddier Martinez, who's now up to six this season.
Meanwhile, Bayside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 7-0 walloping at the hands of First Colonial. While losing is never fun, Bayside can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 129th, while First Colonial is ranked eighth).
Granby's loss dropped their record down to 7-2. As for Bayside, they now have a losing record at 3-4-1.
Granby came out on top in a nail-biter against Bayside when the teams last played back in May of 2019, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Granby since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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