Soccer Game Preview: Santa Monica vs. Beverly Hills

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12/01/23 - Away	4-1 W
11/30/22 - Home	3-1 W
12/17/21 - Away	1-1 T
03/22/21 - Home	5-3 W
02/03/20 - Away	5-4 W
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Santa Monica has gone 9-0-1 against Beverly Hills recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Santa Monica Vikings will welcome the Beverly Hills Normans at 5:15 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Beverly Hills will be up against a hot Santa Monica team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Santa Monica's defense stepped up to hand Morningside a 10-0 shutout on Thursday. It was an even better day for Nahom Kinfegebriel as he scored four goals for his team.

Meanwhile, Beverly Hills had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 7-0 margin over the Cougars.

Santa Monica's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-2-1. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four matchups. As for Beverly Hills, the win got them back to even at 7-7-1.

Everything went Santa Monica's way against Beverly Hills when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as Santa Monica made off with a 4-1 victory. In that contest, Santa Monica amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.