Soccer Game Preview: Central vs. Imperial

By Team Reports Jan 26, 2025, 2:58am

Soccer Preview: Central vs. Imperial

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Previous Games

02/06/24 - Home5-2 W
01/19/24 - Away4-1 W
02/07/23 - Away3-2 W
01/20/23 - Home5-1 W
12/03/22 - Neutral0-3 L
+ 5 more games

Central has gone 8-1-1 against Imperial recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Central Spartans will host the Imperial Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Central will be strutting in after a win while Imperial will be coming in after a defeat.

Last Friday, Central narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Calexico 3-2.

Meanwhile, Imperial didn't have quite enough to beat Coachella Valley on Friday and fell 4-3. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 788th, while the Mighty Arabs are ranked 285th).

Imperial's loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Central, their win bumped their record up to 7-4-2.

Everything went Central's way against Imperial in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, as Central made off with a 5-2 victory. Does Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Imperial turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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