Soccer Game Preview: Hoover vs. Sanger West

The Hoover Patriots will take on the Sanger West Hornets at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.

On Tuesday, Hoover narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Fresno Christian 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.

They hit Fresno Christian with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Jesus Jaimes, Cruz Martinez, and Alexander DePaz.

Meanwhile, Sanger West hasn't lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They beat Kingsburg by a goal, winning 2-1. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Vikings are ranked 1008th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Sanger West is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-0-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 22 goals over those eight games. As for Hoover, they now have a winning record of 7-6.