Soccer Game Preview: Huffman vs. Bessemer City

By Team Reports Mar 18, 2025, 12:09am

Soccer Preview: Huffman vs. Bessemer City

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Huffman is 1-9 against Bessemer City since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Huffman Vikings will challenge the Bessemer City Tigers at 5:30 p.m. Bessemer City took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Huffman, who comes in off a win.

Huffman will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Friday, then bounced right back against Chelsea on Monday. Huffman's defense stepped up to hand Chelsea a 6-0 shutout. The Vikings might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by four goals or more this season.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Bessemer City took on Pelham on Monday. Bessemer City fell just short of Pelham by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Panthers are ranked 23rd).

Huffman now has a winning record of 6-5-1. As for Bessemer City, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5-2.

Huffman took their win against Bessemer City when the teams last played back in February by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Huffman since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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