Alabama Hosts Missouri Thursday, Travels to Georgia Sunday – Alabama Athletics

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The Alabama soccer team (7-2-2-, 0-0-2 SEC) returns to action Thursday, hosting Missouri (2-6-1, 0-2-0 SEC) in a 7 p.m. CT match at the Alabama Soccer Stadium. The Tide will travel to Athens, Ga., on Sunday to face Georgia (5-3-2, 1-1-0 SEC) in a 2 p.m. match.

Fans can watch both games on SEC Network+.

Vs. Missouri

• Date: Sept. 26
• Time: 7 p.m. CT
• Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• Venue: Alabama Soccer Stadium
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At Georgia

• Date: Sept. 29
• Time: 2 p.m. CT
• Location: Athens, Ga.
• Venue: Turner Soccer Complex
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Promotions

• Students can receive triple Tide Loyalty points at Thursday’s game
• The first 500 fans in attendance will receive mustaches in honor of Mustache Night
• Head coach Wes Hart will sign autographs following the game

Game Notes

• Alabama is coming off a pair of 2-2 ties to start Southeastern Conference play, battling then-No. 11 Texas on the road before hosting Tennessee at home
• UA remains undefeated at home after tying Tennessee on Sunday, moving the Tide to a 4-0-1 home record
• Overall, UA has lost just one home game in the last three years which includes a 28-game unbeaten streak that came to an end in the 2023 regular-season finale against Mississippi State. Prior to that, the team’s last home loss was against TCU on Sept. 9, 2021. 
• At the time, Alabama was one of just three teams to score against the Longhorns and still is just one of two opponents to net multiple goals against Texas
• UA is the only team this season to score two goals against Tennessee, who entered the match with just two goals allowed through eight games
• The Tide rattled off 20 shots against the Lady Vols, who entered the match as the third-ranked team nationally in goals against average (0.25) and fourth nationally in shutout percentage (0.75)
• Thirteen Alabama players have found the back of the net for a total of 30 goals as Gianna Paul paces the team with a career-high tying eight goals 
• With a pair of assists against the Lady Vols, Lexi Meyer is now tied with Nedya Sawan as the team leader in the category (4)
• Paul ranks eighth nationally and first in the SEC in total goals, finding the back of the net eight times this season
• The Alabama offense ranks fourth in total goals (30), sixth in total points (87), 14th in total assists (27) and 18th nationally in points per game (7.91). Additionally, the Tide ranks 16th nationally in scoring offense, averaging 2.73 goals per game
• Coralie Lallier recently tied her career high with an eight-save performance against Texas on the road