The Massac County Patriots's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Salem Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Massac County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
Massac County is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden on Thursday. Massac County fell just short of Anna-Jonesboro/Cobden by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Patriots have lost by just one goal.
Their goal came courtesy of
Jack Turner, who's now up to 11 this season.
Meanwhile, Salem's game on Wednesday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. They never let Richland County onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won eight matchups by four goals or more so far this season.
Massac County's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 10-6-1. As for Salem, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2 record this season.
Massac County took their victory against Salem in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 7-1. In that contest, Massac County amassed a halftime lead of 4-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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