The Esparto Spartans will square off against the Lindhurst Blazers at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Esparto is headed into the match having not lost since January 11 and will look to keep things rolling. They never let Mesa Verde onto the board and left with a 5-0 win on Tuesday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Spartans needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Meanwhile, Lindhurst had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it eight on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Falcons with a sharp 5-2 victory. Five seems to be a good number for the Blazers as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Lindhurst has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 67 goals over those 13 matches. As for Esparto, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-7-2.
Esparto suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Lindhurst in their previous meeting back in January. Will Esparto have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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