Soccer Preview: Union County vs. Gibbs
Union County is 0-9-1 against Gibbs since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Union County Patriots are on the road again to play the Gibbs Eagles at 3:45 p.m. Union County will be strutting in after a win while Gibbs will be coming in after a defeat.
If Union County beats Gibbs with three goals on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Union County never let Clinton onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Union County has won by exactly three goals.
Brayden Williams and
Landyn Hobbins scored all three of Union County's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
Meanwhile, after soaring to nine goals the game before, Gibbs was a bit more limited in their matchup on Thursday. They lost 9-0 to Pigeon Forge. While losing is never fun, Gibbs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 204th, while Pigeon Forge is ranked 97th).
Union County has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 6-9-2 record this season. As for Gibbs, their loss dropped their record down to 5-10.
Union County might still be hurting after the 4-1 defeat they got from Gibbs in their previous matchup back in April. Can Union County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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