The El Monte Lions will venture away from home to take on the Marshall Eagles at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (El Monte has three straight wins, Marshall has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
El Monte is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Marshall a 4-0 shutout on Monday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Lions considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.
El Monte is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those five games. As for Marshall, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11-5.
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