Evenly matched teams: Awassa Kenema vs Wolkite Ketema match preview

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Competition: Ethiopia Premier League
Competition: Thu 13.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: University of Science and Technology Stadium (1684 seats)

Premier League: High-level versus subpar, at least that's what the standings say. Awassa Kenema - Wolkite Ketema. Home win or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • Wolkite Ketema have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Little time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League game only four days earlier. That game was an away game at Adama Kenema, so at least Awassa are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Awassa Kenema form and stats

Awassa Kenema's struggle is real here at University of Science and Technology Stadium with only 9 points collected from 9 Premier League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4. Awassa Kenema have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The Awassa Kenema goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 352 minutes without conceding a goal in the Premier League.

Happy days for Awassa Kenema in their previous game, a fixture away at Adama Kenema (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-0 victory.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Ethiopia Bunna that ended 0-0.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 10 league matches, 9 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Awassa aren't scoring a lot here at University of Science and Technology Stadium in the league, with only {7 goals} from 9 games. 11 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Wolkite Ketema form and stats

2 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Wolkite Ketema playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Wolkite Ketema aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 205 league minutes without a goal. Negsh was the last player to find the net.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Wolkite Ketema, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Ethiopia Bunna (placed 5th).

A 0-4 loss hosting Bahardar before that.

Wolkite have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Wolkite Ketema have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Wolkite Ketema - Awassa Kenema 3-4 was the score in these contenders' latest h2h game, played this season. Data for the previous six meetings featuring these two squads are: three wins for Awassa Kenema, two draws and one win for Wolkite Ketema. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Awassa Kenema missing players

Wolkite Ketema missing players

Awassa Kenema Wolkite Ketema
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
7 2 1 Won W 1 2 5
7 3 0 Drew D 1 5 6
4 4 1 Lost L 1 2 7
21 7 2 Scored S 3 12 20
19 11 2 Conceded C 3 11 24
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
67% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 56%
33% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 50%
17% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 33%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
44% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 44%
39% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 33%
28% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 33%
 
3.4 3.8 12 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 3.8
4.9 4.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 3.6
3.2 2.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.6 1.2
4 3 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8 8.4 17 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.8 8.5
3.2 3.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 3.2
37% 22% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 38% 36%
 
12.3 11.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 18.3 13.1 11.6
3.6 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.3 4.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Wolkite Ketema have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kedus Giorgis 18 11 6 1 37 11 10 5 5 0 15 7 8 6 1 1 22 4 26 39
2 Bahardar 18 10 6 2 29 13 9 4 3 2 10 7 9 6 3 0 19 6 16 36
3 Ethiopian Medhin 18 11 3 4 37 25 9 3 3 3 14 17 9 8 0 1 23 8 12 36
4 Awassa Kenema 18 7 7 4 21 19 9 2 3 4 7 11 9 5 4 0 14 8 2 28
5 Ethiopia Bunna 18 6 7 5 22 19 9 3 2 4 7 8 9 3 5 1 15 11 3 25
6 Fasil Ketema 18 6 6 6 19 17 9 5 2 2 11 6 9 1 4 4 8 11 2 24
7 Hadiya Hosaena 18 6 6 6 15 13 9 2 3 4 9 10 9 4 3 2 6 3 2 24
8 Dire Dawa Kenema 18 6 6 6 28 27 9 2 3 4 13 16 9 4 3 2 15 11 1 24
9 Adama Kenema 18 7 3 8 23 23 9 5 0 4 14 11 9 2 3 4 9 12 0 24
10 Mekelakeya 18 6 5 7 23 23 9 1 3 5 10 15 9 5 2 2 13 8 0 23
11 Welayta Dicha 18 5 8 5 14 16 8 1 5 2 4 5 10 4 3 3 10 11 -2 23
12 Arba Minch Kenema 18 4 9 5 23 25 9 2 5 2 13 14 9 2 4 3 10 11 -2 21
13 Wolkite Ketema 18 5 6 7 20 24 9 3 1 5 8 13 9 2 5 2 12 11 -4 21
14 Sidama Bunna 18 5 5 8 20 31 9 2 1 6 8 19 9 3 4 2 12 12 -11 20
15 Mebrat Hayl 18 1 6 11 17 29 9 1 4 4 11 14 9 0 2 7 6 15 -12 9
16 Legetafo Legedadi 18 2 3 13 13 46 9 0 3 6 8 26 9 2 0 7 5 20 -33 9