The El Monte Lions will face off against the Arroyo Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
El Monte's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past South El Monte 3-0. The Lions better thank their lucky stars for the performance of Luis Garcia, as he scored every single goal for his team.
Meanwhile, Arroyo had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with a 6-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won four games by three goals or more so far this season.
Arroyo is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 33 goals over those five contests. As for El Monte, the victory got them back to even at 2-2-1.
El Monte skirted past Arroyo 2-1 when the teams last played back in January. Does El Monte have another victory up their sleeve, or will Arroyo turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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