Altavista is 1-9 against Appomattox County since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Colonels are taking a road trip to square off against the Raiders at 7:30 p.m. Altavista has given up an average of 4.4 goals per game this season, but Wednesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Altavista is headed into Wednesday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Monday. They lost 6-1 to Nelson County. While losing is never fun, Altavista can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 271st, while Nelson County are ranked 59th).
Meanwhile, Galileo kept up with Appomattox County until halftime on Friday, but afterwards: not so much. The Raiders never let the Falcons get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory. Considering Appomattox County have won six contests by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Appomattox County pushed their record up to 8-4-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those four games. As for Altavista, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
Altavista suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Appomattox County in their previous meeting on May 2nd. Can the Colonels avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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