South El Monte hasn't had much luck against Marshall recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The South El Monte Eagles will welcome the Marshall Eagles at 3:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
South El Monte's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Rosemead as South El Monte made off with a 4-0 win.
Meanwhile, Marshall had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They blew past the Knights 9-2. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 472nd, while the Knights are ranked 1107th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Marshall is also on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 34 goals over those six contests. As for South El Monte, their victory bumped their record up to 10-5-1.
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