The Shadow Hills Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Xavier Prep Saints at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Shadow Hills will be strutting in after a victory while Xavier Prep will be coming in after a loss.
If Shadow Hills beats Xavier Prep with three goals on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Shadow Hills walked away with a 3-1 win over Palm Springs on Friday. The Knights better thank their lucky stars for the performance of Sergio Gomez, as he scored every single goal for his team.
Meanwhile, Xavier Prep was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They came up short against Rancho Mirage, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1161st, while the Rattlers are ranked 198th).
Shadow Hills has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 24 goals over those six matches. As for Xavier Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 1-16-1.
Everything went Shadow Hills' way against Xavier Prep in their previous matchup on January 8th, as Shadow Hills made off with a 7-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Shadow Hills since the squad 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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