Newton is 0-10 against South Gwinnett since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Newton Rams will head out on the road to take on the South Gwinnett Comets at 7:30 p.m.
Newton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. Their rough 8-0 loss to Grayson might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Newton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 336th, while Grayson is ranked 28th).
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, South Gwinnett made sure to put some goals up on the board against Brookwood on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-2 victory over the Broncos. With that win, South Gwinnett brought their scoring average up to 2.6 goals per game.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Nathaniel Adeojo and
Ronaldo Barnett, who scored all four of South Gwinnett's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 16 so far this season.
Newton's defeat dropped their record down to 2-11. As for South Gwinnett, their victory ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-9.
Newton suffered a grim 6-3 defeat to South Gwinnett in their previous matchup on March 12th. Can Newton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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