Maiden is 0-10 against Newton-Conover since October of 2019 but things could change on Wednesday. The Maiden Blue Devils will head out to face off against the Newton-Conover Red Devils at 6:30 p.m.
Maiden is headed into Wednesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Monday. They came up short against Lincolnton, falling 10-1. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 394th, while Wolves are ranked 131st).
Meanwhile, Newton-Conover had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. Everything went their way against the Bears as they made off with a 6-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Red Devils, who have now won nine matchups by four goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Bunker Hill from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Maiden's defeat dropped their record down to 7-11-2. As for Newton-Conover, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5-2 record this season.
Maiden suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Newton-Conover when the teams last played on October 7th. Can Maiden avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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