Soccer Game Preview: First Baptist Academy vs. Neumann

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Previous Games

11/30/23 - Away	1-0 W
01/06/23 - Home	6-1 W
02/01/22 - Neutral	3-0 W
12/03/20 - Home	2-4 L
12/12/19 - Away	6-1 W
+ 5 more games

First Baptist Academy has gone 9-1 against Neumann recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The First Baptist Academy Lions will be home for the holidays to greet the Neumann Celtics at 5:00 p.m. First Baptist Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.

First Baptist Academy's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Seacrest Country Day as First Baptist Academy made off with an 8-0 victory. Kaylee Bates was a massive factor in the win as she booted in four goals all by herself.

Meanwhile, Neumann waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Paladins by a score of 2-0. Given the Celtics' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 145th, while the Paladins are ranked 310th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Neumann's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those five games. As for First Baptist Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1-4.

First Baptist Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Neumann in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. Will First Baptist Academy repeat their success, or does Neumann have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.