The Sarasota Sailors will take on the Venice Indians in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Sarasota's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Saint Stephen's Episcopal.
Meanwhile, everything went Venice's way against Indian Rocks Christian on Friday as Venice made off with a 4-0 victory. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 241st, while the Eagles are ranked 520th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sarasota has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 11 goals over those four matches. As for Venice, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-4.
Sarasota beat Venice 3-1 in their previous meeting back in November. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sarasota 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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