Soccer Game Preview: Southside Christian vs. Pendleton

The Southside Christian Sabres will square off against the Pendleton Bulldogs on Thursday. Southside Christian's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Southside Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Chapman a 1-0 shutout.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pendleton). Everything went their way against Union County on Monday as they made off with a 10-0 win. The result was nothing new for Pendleton, who have now won six matchups by three goals or more so far this season.

Their offense was hitting Union County from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Miguel Garutti De Oliveira led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.

Pendleton is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 22 goals over those four contests. As for Southside Christian, their win bumped their record up to 10-7.