Santa Barbara is on a five-game streak of home losses, Buena a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Tuesday. The Santa Barbara Dons will welcome the Buena Bulldogs at 6:45 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Santa Barbara is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They opened the new year with a less-than-successful 5-3 defeat to Thousand Oaks. While losing is never fun, the Dons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 638th, while the Lancers are ranked 102nd).
Meanwhile, Buena fell victim to South East and their airtight defense two weeks ago. They came up short against the Jaguars, falling 4-0.
Santa Barbara's loss dropped their record down to 3-9-1. As for Buena, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Santa Barbara beat Buena 2-0 in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Will Santa Barbara repeat their success, or does Buena have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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