Soccer Preview: Jacksonville vs. Southern Lee
The Jacksonville Cardinals will stay at home for another game and welcome the Southern Lee Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Jacksonville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Smithfield-Selma as Jacksonville made off with a 5-1 win. Considering the Cardinals have won nine matchups by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Southern Lee waltzed into their contest on Saturday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Wildcats. Three seems to be a good number for the Cavaliers as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Jacksonville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 56 goals over those 13 games. As for Southern Lee, they pushed their record up to 18-4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Jacksonville took their win against Southern Lee when the teams last played back in November of 2022 by a conclusive 9-2. In that matchup, Jacksonville amassed a halftime lead of 5-2, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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