Soccer Preview: Winfield vs. Lincoln County
The Winfield Generals will face off against the Lincoln County Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Winfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
Winfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: PikeView, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Winfield was ranked 16th). Winfield fell just short of PikeView by a score of 2-1 on Saturday.
Winfield's goal came courtesy of
Landon Carey, who's now up to 16 this season.
Meanwhile, Lincoln County kept a clean sheet against Mingo Central on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Miners as they made off with a 7-0 win. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by three goals or more this season.
Winfield's defeat dropped their record down to 8-4-4. As for Lincoln County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Everything went Winfield's way against Lincoln County in their previous matchup back in October of 2016, as Winfield made off with a 13-0 victory. Will Winfield repeat their success, or does Lincoln County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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