Johnson has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Westminster Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Johnson is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Northwest Whitfield onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. That's two games straight that Johnson has won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Westminster won against Bainbridge on Tuesday with two goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Friday. Westminster sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Holy Innocents Episcopal. Given Westminster's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 15th, while Holy Innocents Episcopal is ranked 72nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Johnson pushed their record up to 18-1-1 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Westminster, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 16-4-2.
Johnson was able to grind out a solid victory over Westminster when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 4-2. Will Johnson repeat their success, or does Westminster have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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