Orthopaedic and Annenberg are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but likely not for long. The Orthopaedic Vipers will challenge the Annenberg Panthers at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. Orthopaedic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
If Orthopaedic beats Annenberg with two goals on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Orthopaedic had just enough and edged Central City Value out 2-1 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Vipers.
Jocelin Epigmenio and Kelsey Martinez scored both of Orthopaedic's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Annenberg duked it out withAspire Ollin on Thursday. Annenberg lost 8-2 to Aspire Ollin. The Panthers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 5-1.
Annenberg's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6-2. As for Orthopaedic, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-1 record this season.
Orthopaedic was able to grind out a solid victory over Annenberg when the teams last played back in January of 2024, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Orthopaedic since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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