The Mt. Eden Monarchs will venture away from home to face off against the San Leandro Pirates at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
San Leandro will be up against a hot Mt. Eden squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Everything went Mt. Eden's way against San Lorenzo on Wednesday as Mt. Eden made off with a 4-1 victory. Given the Monarchs' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 207th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 766th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, San Leandro waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the Dons with a sharp 4-1 win.
Mt. Eden has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those seven games. As for San Leandro, they pushed their record up to 7-5-3 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Mt. Eden took their win against San Leandro when the teams last played back in January by a conclusive 4-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mt. Eden since the team 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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