Liberty County is 1-9 against Long County since February of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Liberty County Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Long County Blue Tide at 6:30 p.m. Liberty County is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
After failing to score in their last contest, Liberty County made sure to put some goals up on the board against Beach on Thursday. They blew past the Bulldogs 5-1. Liberty County might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won four games by three goals or more this season.
They hit Beach with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Victor Perez (2),
Trey Aiello,
Richard Perez, and
N'coh ( Marco) Tanoh.
Meanwhile, Long County entered their tilt with Johnson with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They came out on top against the Atomsmashers by a score of 3-1 on Monday. Given Long County's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 126th, while Johnson is ranked 367th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty County's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-5. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those three matches. As for Long County, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2-2 record this season.
Liberty County suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Long County in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. Can Liberty County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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