The Vestavia Hills Rebels will square off against the Auburn Tigers at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Vestavia Hills sitting on five straight wins and Auburn on seven.
Vestavia Hills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past James Clemens 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for Vestavia Hills as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Auburn faced Montgomery Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Tigers never let the Eagles get on the board and left with a 2-0 victory. Auburn's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three games.
Auburn's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-3-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up three goals over those seven contests. As for Vestavia Hills, their win bumped their record up to 21-2-4.
Vestavia Hills might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Auburn in their previous meeting back in February. Can the Rebels avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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