Soccer Preview: Somerville vs. Malden
The Somerville Highlanders will head out on the road to square off against the Malden Golden Tornados at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Somerville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.7 goals per game this season.
Somerville will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Thursday, then bounced right back against O'Bryant on Monday. Everything went Somerville's way against O'Bryant as Somerville made off with an 11-1 win. With the Highlanders ahead 6-1 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Malden kicked off their season on the road two weeks ago and hit a couple of potholes. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Saugus.
Somerville pushed their record up to 3-1 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Malden, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
Everything went Somerville's way against Malden in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as Somerville made off with a 6-0 win. Will Somerville repeat their success, or does Malden have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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