Grainger has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Union County Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Grainger will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each contest than the last.
Grainger is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Everything went their way against Claiborne on Tuesday as Grainger made off with an 8-1 victory. With Grainger ahead 5-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Claiborne from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Juan Vences led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Union County kept a clean sheet against First Baptist Academy on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Eagles. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Union County was the better team in the second half.
Grainger is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Union County, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-8-2.
Everything went Grainger's way against Union County in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Grainger made off with a 9-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grainger since the team 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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