East Lincoln is 7-0 against Statesville since September of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The East Lincoln Mustangs will play host again on Wednesday to welcome the Statesville Greyhounds, where kickoff is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. East Lincoln is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.4 goals per game this season.
On Monday, East Lincoln narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Hickory 3-2. Tristan Kendall had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Mustangs got from the refs.
East Lincoln hit Hickory with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Alex Nikitchuk,
Carter King, and
Zachary Hoyt.
Meanwhile, Statesville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They fell 3-1 to North Lincoln. That's two games in a row now that the Greyhounds have lost by exactly two goals.
East Lincoln's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-1-2. As for Statesville, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-18-1.
Everything went East Lincoln's way against Statesville in their previous meeting on October 7th, as East Lincoln made off with a 6-0 win. Will East Lincoln repeat their success, or does Statesville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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