Broughton has gone 9-1 against Wakefield recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Broughton Capitals will head out to challenge the Wakefield Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Broughton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Cardinal Gibbons out 3-2. That's two games straight that the Capitals have won by just one goal.
Jackson Attride and
Lucas Bacon scored all three of Broughton's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 12 goals.
Meanwhile, Wakefield was able to grind out a solid victory over Riverside-Durham on Thursday, taking the game 4-2. Given the Wolverines' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Pirates are ranked 80th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Broughton is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5-2 record this season. As for Wakefield, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-4.
Broughton came out on top in a nail-biter against Wakefield when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 2-1. Does Broughton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wakefield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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