Soccer Game Preview: Central Valley vs. Lathrop

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Previous 5 Games

12/08/23 - Neutral	6-1 W
11/30/23 - Away	4-0 W
12/10/22 - Neutral	4-0 W
12/04/21 - Neutral	4-0 W
12/07/19 - Neutral	2-1 W

Central Valley has gone 5-0 against Lathrop recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Central Valley Hawks will look to defend their home pitch against the Lathrop Spartans at 3:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Central Valley has ten straight wins, Lathrop has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.

Central Valley's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They came out on top against Beyer by a score of 2-0. Give the Hawks' defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.

Meanwhile, Lathrop didn't have quite enough to beat Livingston on Thursday and fell 2-1.

Central Valley's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-1-1. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three games. As for Lathrop, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.

Everything went Central Valley's way against Lathrop when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as Central Valley made off with a 6-1 win. Does Central Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lathrop turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.