BEAT LA!

Cue the Boston Celtic ‘BEAT L.A.’ chants for tonight’s Monday Night Football match.

The Philadelphia Soul (3-1) travel to Los Angeles to take on the Kiss (2-2) for a week five match that’s guaranteed to have no California love in the AFL’s land of rock and roll.

Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. on ESPN3.

L.A. is coming off a tough 43-40 road loss to the Orlando Predators last weekend that went down-to-the-wire. The Kiss return to their home confines of the Honda Center where they’ve played 1-1 in their two home games.

The Soul meanwhile are coming off a comeback home win over the Cleveland Gladiators where they trailed by as many as 15 points but rallied for a 67-50 win.

Philadelphia has suffered inconsistent play to start games this season, committing turnovers early while allowing easy scores to Cleveland last week and Jacksonville three weeks ago which have put the Soul in early holes to try and dig themselves out of.

There is no question of the team's capability however, as Dan Raudbaugh has still showed why he’s the reigning MVP with a 28 touchdowns and a completion rate over 70 percent, even with six interceptions.

Philadelphia will face an L.A. team tonight which sits sixth in scoring out of the eight teams in the AFL, averaging just 44.8 points per game compared the Philly’s fourth-place best average of 61.8 points.

The Kiss are led by quarterback Nathan Stanley who has started all four games this season, sitting with an 89 quarterback rating with 17 touchdowns, seven interceptions and a 60.9 completion percentage.

Receiver DJ Stephens will be a player for the Soul secondary to try and contain, as he’s been Stanley’s top target with 37 receptions, hauling in 426 yards and five touchdowns.

L.A.’s leading scorer is a familiar name to Soul fans in Donovan “Captain” Morgan, who played with Philadephia from 2011-12 and was a key part in their Arena Bowl XXV run. Morgan has eight receiving touchdowns for the Kiss in his second year in L.A.

Defensive back Rayshaun Kizer, another former Soul great, is the only player on L.A.’s defense making any kind of noise, hauling in two interceptions and one touchdown for his team.

Both guys were with Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley’s team when Philadelphia defeated them 56-48 last season. These two will more than likely be motivated to step up against their former team, even if the front office people who made the questionable moves of trading them may or may not still be with the Soul. Philly has a talent edge heading in, while they (and the rest of us) benefit from the league changing the kickoff time from 10 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST.