The Concord Spiders will stay at home for another game and welcome the Hickory Red Tornadoes at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Concord is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.
Concord is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand East Henderson a 2-0 shutout. The Spiders' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four matchups.
Alan Narvaez-Gonzalez and
Aldahir Sanchez scored both of Concord's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 15 goals.
Meanwhile, Hickory had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They beat the Falcons by a goal, winning 2-1. Given the Red Tornadoes' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 84th, while the Falcons are ranked 201st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hickory is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4-1 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 49 goals over those 16 games. As for Concord, their win bumped their record up to 19-2-4.
Concord might still be hurting after the 9-0 loss they got from Hickory when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Will Concord have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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