Lely has gone 8-2 against Palmetto Ridge recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Lely Trojans will look to defend their home pitch against the Palmetto Ridge Bears at 7:30 p.m. Lely is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Lely's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 9-0 margin over Community School of Naples. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by four goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Community School of Naples from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Angel Otero led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Palmetto Ridge has been struggling as of late, and they have yet to win a game this season. They lost 4-1 to Immokalee on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 375th, while the Indians are ranked 42nd).
Palmetto Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6-3. As for Lely, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-4-1.
Lely was able to grind out a solid victory over Palmetto Ridge in their previous meeting back in November, winning 3-1. Does Lely have another victory up their sleeve, or will Palmetto Ridge turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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