Venice is 1-8-1 against Palisades since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Venice Gondoliers will welcome the Palisades Dolphins at 3:00 p.m. Venice is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
Palisades will be up against a hot Venice squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Venice never let Los Angeles CES onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Monday. Given the Gondoliers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Unicorns are ranked 751st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Elio Guitierez and Billy Quinn scored both of Venice's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 21 goals.
Meanwhile, Palisades beat University 3-1 on Monday.
Palisades' victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-3-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those four matchups. As for Venice, their win bumped their record up to 15-5-1.
Venice came out on top in a nail-biter against Palisades when the teams last played on Saturday, sneaking past 2-1. Will Venice repeat their success, or does Palisades have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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