Edgewood hasn't had much luck against Ganesha recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Edgewood Lions will square off against the Ganesha Giants at 5:00 p.m. Edgewood's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Ganesha's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Edgewood's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past La Puente 1-0. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 214th, while the Warriors are ranked 746th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Ganesha had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They blew past the Red Devils 5-0. Give the Giants' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Ganesha is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-10-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 46 goals over those eight contests. As for Edgewood, they pushed their record up to 12-1-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Edgewood took their win against Ganesha in their previous matchup back in January by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Edgewood 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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