After the first game it's Fasil Ketema - Dire Dawa Kenema 1-0 in points. Who will triumph in this second Premier League game of the season?
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Fasil Ketema form and stats
The home team returns to Fasiledes Stadium after sharing the points with Adama Kenema (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 0-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Azam in the CAF Confederations Cup.
Last season, Fasil Ketema's league statistics were 15 wins, 12 draws and 3 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 17. Playing at home last season Fasil Ketema managed 11-4-0 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 6 conceded.
Dire Dawa Kenema form and stats
Dire Dawa Kenema have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Premier League were 2 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 15 fixtures.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Dire Dawa Kenema, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Awassa Kenema (placed 3rd). Prior to that match, the Dire Dawa Kenema manager faced defeat when travelling to Mekelle Kenema and losing 1-2.
1 goal so far away for Dire Dawa Kenema, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Let's have a look at how Dire Dawa Kenema performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 8 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 34 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 11/19 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 2 - 3 - 1 (Fasil Ketema wins - draws - Dire Dawa Kenema wins). As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.Fasil Ketema missing players
Dire Dawa Kenema missing players
| Fasil Ketema | Dire Dawa Kenema | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Fasil Ketema | Last season | Dire Dawa Kenema | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 49 | 31 | Scored | S | 11 | 29 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 80% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 90% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 53% | 63% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 37% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 10% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 7% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 23% | ||
| 23% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 53% | 37% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 0.8 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 174 | 120 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 35 | ||
| 90 | 70 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 15 | ||
| 38% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Welwalo Adigrat Uni | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Welayta Dicha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Awassa Kenema | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Mekelle Kenema | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Adama Kenema | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Fasil Ketema | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Kedus Giorgis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Wolkite Ketema | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Dire Dawa Kenema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Hadiya Hosaena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sebeta Kenema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Sidama Bunna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Mekelle Kenema | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 59 |
| 2 | Sidama Bunna | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 58 |
| 3 | Fasil Ketema | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 32 | 57 |
| 4 | Kedus Giorgis | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 46 |
| 5 | Jimma Kenema | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -3 | 46 |
| 6 | Awassa Kenema | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 43 |
| 7 | Welayta Dicha | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 41 |
| 8 | Bahardar | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -4 | 41 |
| 9 | Ethiopia Bunna | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 38 |
| 10 | Welwalo Adigrat Uni | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 37 |
| 11 | Adama Kenema | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 35 |
| 12 | Dire Dawa Kenema | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Shire Endaselassie | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 34 | -10 | 34 |
| 14 | Mekelakeya | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -20 | 32 |
| 15 | Debub Police | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -7 | 29 |
| 16 | Dedebit | 30 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 21 | 68 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 38 | -47 | 13 |