Soccer Game Preview: Oak Mountain vs. Hoover

Eagles

Goals

04/15/25 @ Homewood	2
04/12/25 vs Guntersville	11
04/11/25 vs Fort Payne	8
04/08/25 vs Northridge	10
04/03/25 @ Vestavia Hills	7
+ 19 more games

Oak Mountain has won eight straight games at home, while Hoover has won eight straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Eagles will welcome the Buccaneers at 7:00 p.m. Oak Mountain is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.1 goals per game this season.

Oak Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Homewood, who was ranked seventh at the time (Oak Mountain was ranked first). The Eagles had just enough and edged out the Patriots 2-1. Oak Mountain's winning goal came courtesy of Michael Dennis.

Meanwhile, Hoover made easy work of Hewitt-Trussville on Tuesday and carried off a 5-1 victory. Considering Hoover have won 11 matches by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Hoover's win bumped their record up to 18-1-1. As for Oak Mountain, their victory bumped their record up to 24-0.

Everything went Oak Mountain's way against Hoover in their previous meeting back in March, as Oak Mountain made off with a 4-1 win. In that contest, the Eagles amassed a halftime lead of 4-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.