Soccer Preview: Richmond vs. Scotland
Richmond is 9-0-1 against Scotland since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Richmond Raiders are taking a road trip to take on the Scotland Fighting Scots at 6:00 p.m. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Richmond and 11 for Scotland.
Richmond's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against West Cabarrus on Monday. They came up short against the Wolverines, falling 4-0. That's two games in a row now that the Raiders have lost by exactly four goals.
Meanwhile, Scotland managed to keep up with Lee County until halftime on Monday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Scotland lost 7-2 to Lee County. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Scots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 454th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 206th).
Richmond's defeat dropped their record down to 4-13-2. As for Scotland, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11-2.
Richmond beat Scotland 4-2 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Richmond 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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