Soccer Game Preview: Bandys on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 18, 2024, 1:56am

Soccer Preview: Bandys vs. East Burke

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Bandys is 10-0 against East Burke since August of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Bandys Trojans will be playing in front of their home fans against the East Burke Cavaliers at 5:30 p.m. Bandys will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.

If East Burke heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Bandys took over last week. Bandys walked away with a 3-1 win over West Lincoln on Monday. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 196th, while the Rebels are ranked 503rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, East Burke fell victim to NCSSM: Morganton and their airtight defense last Monday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Dragons.

Bandys has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3-1 record this season. As for East Burke, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5-1.

Bandys beat East Burke 2-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Does Bandys have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Burke turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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