Soccer Game Preview: South Fort Myers vs. Lemon Bay

The South Fort Myers Wolfpack and the Lemon Bay Manta Rays will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

South Fort Myers will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Cape Coral, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. South Fort Myers blew past Cape Coral 5-1 on Tuesday. Considering the Wolfpack have won four contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

They hit Cape Coral with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Enzo Elies (2), Williams Antoine (2), and Yonlider Gamboa.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Lemon Bay, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Port Charlotte a 2-0 shutout on Tuesday.

South Fort Myers is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those six matchups. As for Lemon Bay, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-6-2.

South Fort Myers was able to grind out a solid victory over Lemon Bay when the teams last played back in November of 2014, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Fort Myers since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.