The Douglas Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Fort Payne Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Douglas will be strutting in after a win while Fort Payne will be coming in after a loss.
Douglas will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating Boaz, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Eagles came out on top against the Pirates by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Fort Payne was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 7-0 to Dalton. While losing is never fun, Fort Payne can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 55th in Alabama, while Dalton are ranked sixth in Georgia).
Fort Payne now has a losing record of 6-7-1. As for Douglas, their victory bumped their record up to 10-7-1.
Everything went Douglas' way against Fort Payne when the teams last played back in March, as Douglas made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
