The Walnut Mustangs will head out to square off against the Glendora Tartans at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Walnut will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Diamond Bar on Thursday. Walnut never let Diamond Bar onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. Give the Mustangs' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Glendora hasn't lost a match since January 16th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Thursday. Everything went their way against Bonita as Glendora made off with a 3-0 victory. Given the Tartans' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 170th, while the Bearcats are ranked 363rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Glendora is also on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-5-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four matchups. As for Walnut, their win bumped their record up to 13-8-1.
Walnut beat Glendora 2-0 in their previous meeting back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Walnut since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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