Soccer Preview: Somerville vs. Medford
The Somerville Highlanders's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Medford Mustangs at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Somerville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Somerville's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Lynn Classical as Somerville made off with a 3-0 win. The Highlanders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by three goals or more this season.
Gabriel Dos Reis and
Josue Guevara scored all three of Somerville's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 26 goals.
Meanwhile, Medford waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They beat the Panthers by a goal, winning 4-3. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Mustangs' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked 212th, while the Panthers are ranked 12th).
Somerville's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-4-1. As for Medford, their victory bumped their record up to 3-7-5.
Somerville took their win against Medford in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 4-1. Will Somerville repeat their success, or does Medford have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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