The Palo Verde Titans will venture away from home to take on the Gilbert Christian Knights at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Palo Verde comes in on three and Gilbert Christian on ten.
If Palo Verde beats Gilbert Christian with four goals on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Palo Verde came out on top against Seton Catholic by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Titans have won by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, Gilbert Christian kept a clean sheet against ALA - West Foothills on Tuesday. They beat the Guardians by a goal, winning 1-0. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Guardians are ranked 134th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gilbert Christian pushed their record up to 14-3-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those seven games. As for Palo Verde, their victory bumped their record up to 15-5-3.
Palo Verde came up short against Gilbert Christian in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 3-1. Can Palo Verde avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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