Lebanon is 1-9 against Graham since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Lebanon Pioneers will head out on the road to challenge the Graham G-Men at 7:45 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lebanon's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Tazewell and snuck past 1-0. The victory was nothing new for Lebanon as they're now sitting on four straight.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Graham gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. Everything went their way against Richlands as Graham made off with an 8-0 victory. Given Graham's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 21st, while Richlands is ranked 260th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Graham's offense was hitting Richlands from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Dennis Thomas led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Lebanon's win bumped their record up to 9-5-3. As for Graham, they pushed their record up to 13-1-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Lebanon came up short against Graham in their previous meeting back in April, falling 3-1. Can Lebanon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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