Soccer Preview: East Chapel Hill vs. Northern Durham
East Chapel Hill is 9-0-1 against Northern Durham since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The East Chapel Hill Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the Northern Durham Knights at 6:45 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
It was a proper cat-fight when East Chapel Hill challenged Chapel Hill on Tuesday. East Chapel Hill took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Chapel Hill. That's two games in a row now that the Wildcats have lost by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, Northern Durham and Riverside-Durham combined for nine shots on goal on Tuesday, which explains the impressive five total goals scored. Northern Durham came up short against Riverside-Durham, falling 5-0. The loss continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Pirates: they've now lost three in a row.
East Chapel Hill's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-8-3. As for Northern Durham, their loss dropped their record down to 3-14-2.
East Chapel Hill took their victory against Northern Durham in their previous matchup back in October by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Chapel Hill since the team 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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