Purnell Swett is 0-10 against Lumberton since September of 2021 but things could change on Wednesday. The Purnell Swett Rams will challenge the Lumberton Pirates at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Purnell Swett is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Everything went their way against Douglas Byrd on Monday as Purnell Swett made off with an 8-2 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Purnell Swett's offense was hitting Douglas Byrd from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Branlon Brooks led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Lumberton had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it 14 on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Falcons a 7-0 shutout. Considering the Pirates have won 11 games by more than three goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Purnell Swett's victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-12-3. As for Lumberton, they pushed their record up to 16-4-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road.
Purnell Swett might still be hurting after the 5-0 defeat they got from Lumberton in their previous matchup back in September. Can Purnell Swett avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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