The East Lincoln Mustangs will venture away from home to face off against the Foard Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with East Lincoln sitting on nine straight victories and Foard on three.
East Lincoln's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over West Iredell. The result was nothing new for the Mustangs, who have now won eight matchups by four goals or more so far this season.
They hit West Iredell with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Carter King,
Lester Orellana Tellez,
Tayden Dockens, and
Zachary Hoyt.
Meanwhile, Foard won against West Iredell on Monday with two goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Wednesday. Foard won by a goal and slipped past Statesville 2-1. That's two games straight that the Tigers have won by just one goal.
East Lincoln's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-1-2. As for Foard, their victory bumped their record up to 6-9-3.
East Lincoln was able to grind out a solid win over Foard in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Lincoln since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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