Bessemer City hasn't had much luck against Shelby recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Yellow Jackets will head out to take on the Golden Lions at 6:00 p.m. Bessemer City has given up an average of 3.6 goals per game this season, but Wednesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Bessemer City is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals last Monday, they were much more limited against Burns on Monday. They came up short against the Bulldogs, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, Bessemer City can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 432nd, while Burns are ranked 204th).
Meanwhile, Shelby had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Ironmen a 7-0 shutout.
Shelby's victory bumped their record up to 10-8-3. As for Bessemer City, their loss dropped their record down to 8-10-1.
Bessemer City suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Shelby in their previous matchup back in September. Can the Yellow Jackets avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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