Preview: Eastlake vs. Pebble Hills
Eastlake is 9-0 against Pebble Hills since January of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Eastlake Falcons will look to defend their home pitch against the Pebble Hills Spartans at 7:30 p.m. Eastlake will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak alive.
After soaring to nine goals the game before, Eastlake were a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They fell just short of Franklin by a score of 1-0. Considering the last time Eastlake couldn't score was back in January, the team can't take the result too hard.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Pebble Hills' offense. Their tough 4-0 defeat to Franklin on Tuesday might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Pebble Hills can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 375th, while Franklin is ranked 160th).
Eastlake's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-5-1. As for Pebble Hills, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-13-2 record this season.
Eastlake took their victory against Pebble Hills when the teams last played back in February by a conclusive 4-1. Will Eastlake repeat their success, or does Pebble Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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