The Smiths Station Panthers will face off against the Central Red Devils at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Smiths Station will be strutting in after a win while Central will be coming in after a loss.
Smiths Station's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Russell County as they made off with a 6-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Smiths Station, who have now won eight matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Central came up short against Auburn on Tuesday and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, Central can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 105th, while Auburn are ranked fifth).
Central's goal came courtesy of Andrew Weber, which was the first he's scored this season.
Smiths Station is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-6-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 35 goals over those eight matchups. As for Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-9-1.
Smiths Station skirted past Central 4-3 in their previous matchup back in February. Will the Panthers repeat their success, or do the Red Devils have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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