The Johns Creek Gladiators will head out on the road to face off against the Sprayberry Yellow Jackets at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Johns Creek comes in on eight and Sprayberry on three.
Johns Creek was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Lassiter 2-1. Given Johns Creek's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked third, while Lassiter is ranked 37th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Johns Creek was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Liam Dueve and
Samakh Leao, who scored both of Johns Creek's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 26 so far this season.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Sprayberry sidestepped Osborne for a 2-1 win.
Johns Creek's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-0-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 19 goals over those five contests. As for Sprayberry, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which somehow isn't as good as their 9-1-1 record this season.
Johns Creek came out on top in a nail-biter against Sprayberry in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Johns Creek since the team 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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