Pittsburg is 8-2 against North Lamar since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Pittsburg Pirates will be playing at home against the North Lamar Panthers at 4:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
In what's become a running theme this season, Pittsburg gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Chapel Hill a 3-0 shutout. Given Pittsburg's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 342nd, while Chapel Hill is ranked 726th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pittsburg was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Christopher Caro and
Uriel Netro, who scored all three of Pittsburg's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 22 so far this season.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, North Lamar made sure to put some goals up on the board against Chapel Hill on Monday. They blew past the Red Devils 5-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Lamar.
Pittsburg has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-1 record this season. As for North Lamar, the victory got them back to even at 7-7-1.
Pittsburg took their victory against North Lamar in their previous matchup back in February by a conclusive 5-1. In that match, Pittsburg amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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