Soccer Preview: Franklin Central vs. Southport
The Franklin Central Flashes's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Southport Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Franklin Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Franklin Central's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Beech Grove 9-0. It was an even better day for Mario Campos-Aviles as he scored three goals for his team.
Meanwhile, Southport hadn't done well against Pike recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Southport skirted past Pike 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cardinals.
Franklin Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5-2 record this season. As for Southport, the victory got them back to even at 5-5-3.
Franklin Central was able to grind out a solid win over Southport in their previous meeting on Thursday, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Franklin Central since the squad 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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