The Oxford Yellow Jackets will head out to face off against the Shades Valley Mounties at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Oxford's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Oxford's offense. They lost 5-0 to Jacksonville on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Shades Valley unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They came up short against Mountain Brook, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, Shades Valley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 59th, while Mountain Brook are ranked eighth).
Oxford's defeat dropped their record down to 1-11-2. As for Shades Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 11-3-2.
Oxford suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to Shades Valley in their previous meeting back in March. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Yellow Jackets were down 6-1.
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