Soccer Game Preview: Patrick County vs. Floyd County

The Patrick County Cougars will venture away from home to take on the Floyd County Buffaloes at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Patrick County is looking for their season's first victory.

It was a proper cat-fight when Patrick County duked it out with Radford on Thursday. The Cougars lost 4-1 to the Bobcats. While losing is never fun, Patrick County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 275th, while Radford are ranked 47th).

Meanwhile, Floyd County hadn't done well against James River recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Buffaloes came out on top in a nail-biter against the Knights, sneaking past 2-1. The win was some much needed relief for Floyd County as it spelled an end to their five-game losing streak.

The victory was their first at home , bumping their record up to 2-6-2. As for Patrick County, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-10.

Patrick County came out on top in a nail-biter against Floyd County in their previous meeting back in March of 2019, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cougars since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.