Huntington Beach and Newport Harbor are an even 4-4-2 against one another since January of 2018, but likely not for long. The Huntington Beach Oilers will be playing at home against the Newport Harbor Sailors at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Huntington Beach will be strutting in after a win while Newport Harbor will be coming in after a defeat.
Huntington Beach is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Marina a 5-0 shutout on Wednesday. The score was close at the half, but the Oilers pulled away in the second half with four goals.
Meanwhile, Newport Harbor's game on Friday was all tied up 2-2 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They took a 5-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fountain Valley. While losing is never fun, the Sailors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 715th, while the Barons are ranked 248th).
Newport Harbor's loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Huntington Beach, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5-3 record this season.
Everything went Huntington Beach's way against Newport Harbor in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, as Huntington Beach made off with a 4-1 victory. Will Huntington Beach repeat their success, or does Newport Harbor have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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