Soccer Game Preview: Basalt vs. Grand Valley

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04/26/22 - Home	8-5 W
05/04/21 - Away	6-0 W
04/27/19 - Home	9-2 W
04/19/18 - Away	6-2 W
04/20/17 - Home	7-0 W
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Basalt has gone 8-2 against Grand Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Longhorns will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cardinals at 11:00 a.m. Basalt's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Thursday just wasn't the day for Basalt's offense. They lost 5-0 to Delta on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Basalt can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 174th, while Delta are ranked 24th).

Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Grand Valley was not quite Moffat County's equal in the second half on Thursday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs.

Grand Valley dropped their record down to 2-12 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Basalt, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9-3.

Basalt took their win against Grand Valley in their previous meeting back in April of 2022 by a conclusive 8-5 score. In that contest, the Longhorns amassed a halftime lead of 8-3, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.