Oak Mountain is 8-0 against Hewitt-Trussville since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Oak Mountain Eagles are on the road again to play the Hewitt-Trussville Huskies at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Oak Mountain's favor is that they have posted big goal totals in their last four matchups.
Last Tuesday, Oak Mountain faced Auburn in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Oak Mountain put the hurt on Auburn with a sharp 4-1 win. The result was nothing new for Oak Mountain, who have now won 13 games by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Auburn with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Gerardo Rodriguez,
Sam Collins,
Luke Jovanovich, and
Aidan Riley.
Meanwhile, Hewitt-Trussville was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Gardendale. While losing is never fun, Hewitt-Trussville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 101st, while Gardendale is ranked 29th).
Oak Mountain's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-0-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 22 goals over those five contests. As for Hewitt-Trussville, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12-1.
Oak Mountain took their win against Hewitt-Trussville in their previous meeting back in February by a conclusive 5-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Oak Mountain since the squad 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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