Corona hasn't had much luck against Santiago recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Corona Panthers will face off against the Santiago Sharks at 6:30 p.m. Corona will be strutting in after a victory while Santiago will be coming in after a defeat.
Corona is headed into the matchup having not lost since December 21 and will look to keep things rolling. They walked away with a 3-1 win over King on Thursday. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 46th, while Wolves are ranked 382nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Santiago managed to keep up with Roosevelt until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Santiago came up short against Roosevelt, falling 3-0. Considering the last time the Sharks couldn't score was back in December of 2024, the team can't take the result too hard.
Corona has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 20 goals over those six games. As for Santiago, their loss dropped their record down to 7-4-3.
Corona skirted past Santiago 4-3 in their previous matchup on January 9th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Corona 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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