The Marietta Blue Devils will head out on the road to face off against the South Paulding Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Marietta has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight defeats, while South Paulding will come in with three straight victories.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Marietta's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 5-0 walloping at the hands of Milton on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Marietta can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while Milton is ranked 76th).
Meanwhile, South Paulding can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. They blew past Cass 5-0.
Marietta's loss dropped their record down to 3-12. As for South Paulding, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
Marietta was able to grind out a solid win over South Paulding when the teams last played back in March of 2019, winning 2-0. Does Marietta have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Paulding turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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