The season has been back-breaking for Mekelakeya so far, while Awassa Kenema have enjoyed many victories. Will the away team triumph again at Bahir Dar Stadium?
- Mekelakeya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Mekelakeya are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Awassa most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
It's no vacation for neither Mekelakeya nor Awassa Kenema as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Mekelakeya form and stats
With 2 Premier League wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Mekelakeya are certainly not brimming with confidence. Mekelakeya are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row.
Nesru was the last player to score a league goal for Mekelakeya and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Mekelakeya haven't scored in 445 minutes. Nothing to worry about in defence for Mekelakeya, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 376 minutes in the Premier League.
The home followers saw a 0-0 draw versus Adama Kenema last time out and are looking for a win here. The match result 0-0 has "struck" the home side four times in a row!
Before that, Mekelakeya played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Welayta Dicha.There will be little rest for Mekelakeya after this match as they are travelling to Jimma Kenema for a Premier League game in only three days.
Mekelakeya have scored 9 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Mekelakeya have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Awassa Kenema form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Awassa Kenema so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-8 (win-draw-lose).
Awassa Kenema are travelling again after losing away to Fasil Ketema in their previous match (0-1).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Bahardar.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Awassa Kenema in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Awassa, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Awassa Kenema are hosting Adama Kenema in the Premier League only three days away.
The attacking power of Awassa Kenema when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Awassa have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Awassa Kenema - Mekelakeya 3-2 was the result in these participants' previous head-to-head game, earlier this season. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Mekelakeya victories, three draws and four Awassa Kenema wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Mekelakeya missing players
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| Mekelakeya | Awassa Kenema | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 23 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 34 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 34 |
| 68% | 57% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 86% | 89% |
| 39% | 43% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 68% |
| 25% | 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 36% | 50% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 21% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 21% | 21% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 43% | 54% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 29% | 29% |
| 61% | 71% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 43% | 29% |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 8.8 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 29% | 26% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 44% | 52% |
| 7.3 | 6.8 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.6 | 9.4 |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
- Mekelakeya have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Fasil Ketema | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 27 | 61 |
| 2 | Kedus Giorgis | 28 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 59 |
| 3 | Sidama Bunna | 29 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 47 |
| 4 | Welayta Dicha | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 42 |
| 5 | Awassa Kenema | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 42 |
| 6 | Ethiopia Bunna | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -8 | 41 |
| 7 | Arba Minch Kenema | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 40 |
| 8 | Hadiya Hosaena | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -4 | 36 |
| 9 | Wolkite Ketema | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Bahardar | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | Mekelakeya | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Addis Ababa Ketema | 29 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 16 | -1 | 32 |
| 13 | Adama Kenema | 28 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
| 14 | Dire Dawa Kenema | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -13 | 29 |
| 15 | Jimma Kenema | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -19 | 23 |
| 16 | Sebeta Kenema | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 46 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -25 | 22 |
