Palo Verde and Catalina are an even 4-4-2 against one another since December of 2018, but likely not for long. The Palo Verde Titans will venture away from home to challenge the Catalina Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Palo Verde's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Thatcher. That's two games straight that the Titans have won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Catalina entered their tilt with Pusch Ridge Christian Academy on Monday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They won by a goal and slipped past the Lions 3-2.
Catalina is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 32 goals over those seven matches. As for Palo Verde, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 12-4-3.
Palo Verde came up short against Catalina in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, falling 3-1. Can Palo Verde avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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