Richmond Hill is 4-0 against Valdosta since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Richmond Hill Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Valdosta Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Richmond Hill has six straight wins, Valdosta has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
The matchup between Richmond Hill and Colquitt County on Friday hardly resembled the 2-0 effort from their previous meeting. Richmond Hill blew past Colquitt County 8-0. Richmond Hill's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three games.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Valdosta's offense. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 10-0 walloping at the hands of Lowndes on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Valdosta can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 343rd, while Lowndes is ranked 45th).
Richmond Hill's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-0-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 39 goals over those five matches. As for Valdosta, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Richmond Hill took their win against Valdosta in their previous meeting back in February by a conclusive 10-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Richmond Hill 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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