Soccer Game Preview: Lord Botetourt vs. Abingdon

Cavaliers

Goals

05/22/25 vs Franklin County	3
05/20/25 @ Northside	2
05/09/25 @ Fleming	1
05/06/25 vs William Byrd	3
05/02/25 @ Staunton River	6
+ 12 more games

Lord Botetourt has won three straight games at home, while Abingdon has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Cavaliers will host the Falcons at 6:00 p.m. Lord Botetourt is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.

Lord Botetourt's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Franklin County with a sharp 3-0 win. The final result isn't all the surprising considering Lord Botetourt's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 96th, while Franklin County are ranked 209th).

Will Hall and Isaiah Lankford scored all three of Lord Botetourt's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 20 goals.

Meanwhile, Abingdon's game on Thursday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Gate City by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty nine goals in the game before, Abingdon couldn't push the score so high this time.

Lord Botetourt is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-7 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 15 goals over those five games. As for Abingdon, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 12-7-1 record.

Everything went Lord Botetourt's way against Abingdon in their previous meeting back in April, as Lord Botetourt made off with an 8-1 win. In that matchup, the Cavaliers amassed a halftime lead of 5-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.