Soccer Game Preview: Riverside-Durham vs. Southern School of Energy and Sustainability + How To Watch

The Riverside-Durham Pirates will face off against the Southern School of Energy and Sustainability Spartans at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Riverside-Durham is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Hillside get on the board and left with a 9-0 victory on Tuesday. Angel Contreras was a massive factor in the win as he booted in three goals all by himself.

Meanwhile, Southern School of Energy and Sustainability hasn't lost a match since September 19th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They came out on top against Northern Durham by a score of 2-0. The final result isn't all that surprising considering Southern School of Energy and Sustainability's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 59th, while Northern Durham are ranked 360th).

Southern School of Energy and Sustainability is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-2-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those seven matches. As for Riverside-Durham, they now have a winning record of 7-6-4.