Preview: Rider vs. Azle
Rider is 8-0-2 against Azle since February of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Rider Raiders will head out on the road to face off against the Azle Hornets at 7:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
On Friday, Rider and Brewer finished up their matchup with a 1-1 draw.
Meanwhile, Azle was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 5-1 walloping at the hands of Brewer. While losing is never fun, Azle can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 601st, while Brewer is ranked 109th).
With that draw, Rider's record moves to 7-9-3. As for Azle, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-10-1.
Everything went Rider's way against Azle when the teams last played on February 2nd as Rider made off with a 4-1 win. Will Rider repeat their success, or does Azle have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
