Shelby has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the East Gaston Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Shelby is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
Shelby's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Cherryville as Shelby made off with an 8-0 win. Given the Golden Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while the Ironmen are ranked 546th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shelby's offense was hitting Cherryville from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Meanwhile, East Gaston was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost 6-0 to Highland Tech.
Shelby has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-7-2 record this season. As for East Gaston, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12-1.
Shelby took their victory against East Gaston in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Shelby since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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