Soccer Game Preview: Arabia Mountain vs. Cross Keys

By Team Reports Mar 16, 2024, 2:09am

Preview: Arabia Mountain vs. Cross Keys

Arabia Mountain is 0-10 against Cross Keys since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Arabia Mountain Rams will be playing at home against the Cross Keys Indians at 7:30 p.m. Arabia Mountain will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 311th, while Cross Keys is ranked 63rd).

After soaring to 11 goals the game before, Arabia Mountain were a bit more limited in their matchup on Wednesday. They suffered a rough 7-0 defeat at the hands of Chamblee.

Meanwhile, Cross Keys came tearing into Thursday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Lions a 10-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Cross Keys, who have now won five matches by three goals or more so far this season.

Their offense was hitting M.L. King from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.

Arabia Mountain now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Cross Keys, their win bumped their record up to 9-1-1.

Arabia Mountain might still be hurting after the 11-1 loss they got from Cross Keys in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Arabia Mountain was down 7-0.

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