The South Spartans will venture away from home to face off against the East Bakersfield Blades at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
East Bakersfield will be up against a hot South team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. South's defense stepped up to hand West a 4-0 shutout on Thursday. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 451st, while the Vikings are ranked 1034th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, East Bakersfield hasn't lost a match since January 2nd, a trend which continued in their latest game on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Tehachapi. That's two games straight that the Blades have won by exactly three goals.
South's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-6-2. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three matchups. As for East Bakersfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5-6 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
