The Greenville Comets will venture away from home to square off against the Staunton Bulldogs at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Greenville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Greenville's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Wesclin by a score of 2-0. Miley Matthews had the honor of scoring the game-winner for Greenville.
Meanwhile, Staunton had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. They blew past the Miners 8-0. Considering Staunton have won ten matches by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Greenville's win was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-7. The road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 39 goals over those nine contests. As for Staunton, their win bumped their record up to 17-1.
Greenville came up short against Staunton when the teams last played back in April, falling 2-0. Can the Comets avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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