East Fairmont has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Point Pleasant Big Blacks at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. East Fairmont is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
East Fairmont's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They beat Trinity Christian by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-0.
Braydon Christopher was the driving force of East Fairmont's attack as he scored both of East Fairmont's goals, bringing his season total up to 13 goals.
Meanwhile, Point Pleasant faced Ripley in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Point Pleasant walked away with a 2-0 win over Ripley. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Big Blacks were the better team in the second half.
Point Pleasant has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-10-1 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 22 goals over those five matchups. As for East Fairmont, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-2-5.
East Fairmont beat Point Pleasant 2-0 in their previous meeting back in August. Will East Fairmont repeat their success, or does Point Pleasant have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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