Soccer Game Preview: Royal Live Oaks Academy vs. Charleston Math & Science

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Previous Games

03/13/20 - Home	3-1 W
05/07/19 - Neutral	3-0 W
04/11/19 - Away	5-0 W
03/12/19 - Home	1-0 W
04/10/18 - Home	1-3 L
+ 3 more games

Royal Live Oaks Academy and Charleston Math & Science are an even 4-4 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. The Royal Knights will host the Riptide at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.

Royal Live Oaks Academy's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Bamberg-Ehrhardt 12-0. The result was nothing new for Royal Live Oaks Academy, who have now won five contests by three goals or more so far this season.

Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Charleston Math & Science had no problem doing just that on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Vikings, sneaking past 4-3. Considering Charleston Math & Science's offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.

Charleston Math & Science is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-5-1 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 42 goals over those 11 matches. As for Royal Live Oaks Academy, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1.

Royal Live Oaks Academy was able to grind out a solid victory over Charleston Math & Science in their previous matchup back in March of 2020, winning 3-1. Will the Royal Knights repeat their success, or do the Riptide have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.