After three games on the road, Elk City is heading back home. They will take on the Newcastle Racers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Tuesday, Elk City didn't have quite enough to beat Oklahoma Christian and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, Elk City can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma soccer rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while Oklahoma Christian is ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, Newcastle didn't have quite enough to beat Weatherford on Thursday and fell 2-1. Newcastle has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Their goal came courtesy of
Tobias Phifer, which was the first he's scored this season.
Elk City has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-3 record this season. As for Newcastle, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6-2.
Everything went Elk City's way against Newcastle in their previous meeting back in March of 2017 as Elk City made off with a 4-1 win. Will Elk City repeat their success, or does Newcastle have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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