Chico has won three straight games at home, while Lincoln has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Chico Panthers will welcome the Lincoln Fighting Zebras at 4:30 p.m. Chico will be strutting in after a win while Lincoln will be coming in after a defeat.
Chico is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let Pleasant Valley get on the board and left with a 2-0 victory. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly two goals.
Keahi Davis and Selma Buxrud scored both of Chico's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 16 goals.
Meanwhile, after a string of eight wins, Lincoln's good fortune finally ran out last Saturday. They fell just short of Twelve Bridges by a score of 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Zebras can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 144th, while the Raging Rhinos are ranked 26th).
Chico is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up four goals over those 11 matches. Lincoln's loss dropped their record down to 17-3.
Chico skirted past Lincoln 1-0 when the teams last played back in December of 2022. Will Chico repeat their success, or does Lincoln have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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