Soccer Game Preview: Northwest Guilford vs. Grimsley

vs

Previous Games

03/18/25 - Home	2-0 W
04/18/24 - Home	1-2 L
03/18/24 - Away	4-2 W
04/20/23 - Home	6-0 W
03/21/23 - Away	1-0 W
+ 5 more games

Northwest Guilford has gone 8-2 against Grimsley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Vikings will challenge the Whirlies at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.

Northwest Guilford's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Western Guilford with a sharp 9-0 victory. Northwest Guilford might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by three goals or more this season.

Their offense was hitting Western Guilford from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Laney Parker led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.

Meanwhile, Grimsley hasn't lost a match since March 18th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Southeast Guilford as they made off with a 9-0 win. Given Grimsley's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 56th, while Southeast Guilford are ranked 361st) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.

Campbell Peters, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Grimsley squad sat out for Tuesday's match. With Peters sitting this one out, Emmi Lucht got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. her season average of 35).

Grimsley is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-2-2 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those six games. As for Northwest Guilford, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1-2.

Northwest Guilford was able to grind out a solid victory over Grimsley when the teams last played back in March, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Vikings since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.