Premier League: The mid-table positions tell a story of the journey Mekelakeya and Wolkite Ketema have been on so far. Both sides are ready for the game; let's get this baby out!
- Mekelakeya have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
- Wolkite Ketema have not yet lost a game away.
The visiting Wolkite Ketema played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.
Mekelakeya form and stats
Mekelakeya's results here at Dire Dawa Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Happy days for Mekelakeya in their previous game, a fixture away at Awassa Kenema (placed 6th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. A huge relief, as that was the first league win after playing, but not winning, six fixtures in a row.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Mebrat Hayl.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Mekelakeya have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 0 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 11 league games, 9 have produced two goals or less.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Mekelakeya here at Dire Dawa Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 6 games). Mekelakeya have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Wolkite Ketema form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
The manager was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Wolkite Ketema suffered a 1-2 loss to Ethiopian Medhin (placed 1st). That loss was their first after five consecutive league matches winning points.
A 2-2 draw at Dire Dawa Kenema's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where Wolkite have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Wolkite Ketema have the goal stats of 8-4 (for/against) from 4 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Mekelakeya wins - draws - Wolkite Ketema wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Mekelakeya missing players
Wolkite Ketema missing players
| Mekelakeya | Wolkite Ketema | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 55% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 4.9 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 10.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.8 | 8.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 7.1 | 6.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11 | 10.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
- Mekelakeya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Mekelakeya have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
- Mekelakeya have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Mekelakeya haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Wolkite Ketema have not yet lost a game away.
- Wolkite Ketema have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wolkite Ketema have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Wolkite Ketema haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ethiopian Medhin | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | Kedus Giorgis | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 22 |
| 3 | Bahardar | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Dire Dawa Kenema | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Hadiya Hosaena | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Awassa Kenema | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 7 | Wolkite Ketema | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Ethiopia Bunna | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Fasil Ketema | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | Mekelakeya | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 12 |
| 11 | Welayta Dicha | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Arba Minch Kenema | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Sidama Bunna | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -10 | 10 |
| 14 | Adama Kenema | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 15 | Mebrat Hayl | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Legetafo Legedadi | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -17 | 5 |
