The Malvern Leopards will head out on the road to square off against the Bauxite Miners at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Malvern is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.
Malvern lost 8-1 to De Queen on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Malvern can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 87th, while De Queen is ranked 20th).
Meanwhile, Bauxite came up short against Nashville on Tuesday, falling 7-1. Bauxite haven't had much luck with Nashville recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.
Bauxite's loss dropped their record down to 1-8-1. As for Malvern, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9-1.
Everything went Malvern's way against Bauxite in their previous meeting back in March, as Malvern made off with a 5-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Leopards since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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