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| 01/13/25 - Home | 4-0 W |
| 01/24/24 - Home | 4-0 W |
| 01/04/24 - Away | 7-0 W |
| 01/25/23 - Home | 3-0 W |
| 01/03/23 - Away | 2-0 W |
| + 5 more games |
Saint Francis is 9-0-1 against Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory since February of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Saint Francis Lancers will head out to take on the Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish at 2:30 p.m. Saint Francis' defense has only allowed 0.2 goals per game this season, so Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Saint Francis will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal last Saturday, then bounced right back against Presentation on Saturday. Everything went Saint Francis' way against Presentation as Saint Francis made off with a 4-0 win. Considering the Lancers have won ten games by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Presentation 2-1. Given the Fightin' Irish's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Panthers are ranked 286th), the result on Wednesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win (which was Saint Francis' third in a row) raised their record to 12-1-1. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three contests. As for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2-5.
Everything went Saint Francis' way against Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory when the teams last played back in January, as Saint Francis made off with a 4-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Saint Francis since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
