Carbon is 0-3 against Manti since March of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Carbon Dinos will head out on the road to face off against the Manti Templars at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Carbon sitting on five straight wins and Manti on ten.
Last Wednesday, Carbon kept a clean sheet against Delta. They beat the Rabbits by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Carbon was the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Manti stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 7-1 margin over North Sanpete. Given Manti's advantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while North Sanpete is ranked 86th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Manti hit North Sanpete with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Luis Ornelas (2),
Kyle Steinfeldt (2),
Luke Summers (2), and
Tomas Reyes.
Carbon pushed their record up to 9-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 19 goals over those five matches. As for Manti, their record is now 10-0.
Carbon suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Manti when the teams last played back in March. Can Carbon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
