Open game expected at Bahir Dar Stadium: Welayta Dicha vs Sidama Bunna preview

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Competition: Ethiopia Premier League
Competition: Wed 18.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bahir Dar Stadium (50000 seats)

Welayta Dicha and Sidama Bunna are both high-flying in the Premier League with their 3rd and 5th spots respectively. Let's hope for a top fixture!

Insights:
  • Welayta Dicha have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier League
  • Sidama Bunna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Welayta Dicha form and stats

The overall Premier League statistics playing at home this season for Welayta Dicha, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier League, are 5-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). The home fans are hungry for more even though Welayta have been steadily collecting points here at Bahir Dar Stadium through three straight draws.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 246 minutes without scoring a league goal. Woldeyohannes was the last player to find the net. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 190 minutes.

Welayta Dicha drew their last game, 0-0 away at Kedus Giorgis (placed 1st).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Bahardar.

There will be little rest for Welayta after this match as they are travelling to Arba Minch Kenema for a Premier League game in only three days.

Welayta Dicha aren't scoring a lot here at Bahir Dar Stadium in the league, with only 7 goals from 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively Welayta Dicha have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sidama Bunna form and stats

Playing away, Sidama Bunna have won 3 games, drawn 6 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Fasil Ketema game have they lost an away game, meaning Sidama has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Sidama Bunna failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Mekelakeya (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 3-5. As you can tell from the result, the match against Mekelakeya was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 8 goals, will the fun continue today?

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Fasil Ketema.

Sidama Bunna have another fixture away in just four days, a Premier League match versus Bahardar. A hard schedule for the visitors!

It's not easy to score on Sidama Bunna as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides face each other this season, as the history books show this recent fixture: Sidama Bunna - Welayta 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Welayta Dicha wins - draws - Sidama Bunna wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

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Welayta Dicha Sidama Bunna
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 23
10 5 1 Won W 0 3 8
6 4 1 Drew D 1 6 10
7 2 1 Lost L 2 2 5
19 7 1 Scored S 2 11 28
17 3 1 Conceded C 7 10 22
78% 64% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 83%
30% 9% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 70%
22% 9% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 35%
17% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 9% 13%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
26% 9% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 45% 48%
52% 73% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 45% 39%
43% 55% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 30%
 
3 2.4 1.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 3.9 4.2
4.3 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 3.2 3
2.1 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.5 5.8 1.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.6 10.7
2.5 1.6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 4.3 4
35% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 33%
 
10.2 9.2 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 8.7 9
3.5 2.7 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.3 3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Sidama Bunna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Welayta Dicha have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Welayta Dicha have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Premier League
  • Welayta Dicha have won significantly less corners at 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 Kedus Giorgis 24 15 9 0 40 7 12 7 5 0 20 5 12 8 4 0 20 2 33 54
2 Fasil Ketema 23 12 7 4 37 19 12 8 3 1 28 8 11 4 4 3 9 11 18 43
3 Welayta Dicha 23 10 6 7 19 17 11 5 4 2 7 3 12 5 2 5 12 14 2 36
4 Awassa Kenema 24 10 6 8 28 28 12 8 3 1 19 13 12 2 3 7 9 15 0 36
5 Sidama Bunna 23 8 10 5 28 22 12 5 4 3 17 12 11 3 6 2 11 10 6 34
6 Ethiopia Bunna 24 9 7 8 22 29 12 5 3 4 11 14 12 4 4 4 11 15 -7 34
7 Hadiya Hosaena 24 8 8 8 30 33 12 4 3 5 17 18 12 4 5 3 13 15 -3 32
8 Mekelakeya 23 8 6 9 22 21 11 2 5 4 8 9 12 6 1 5 14 12 1 30
9 Arba Minch Kenema 24 6 12 6 21 23 12 3 6 3 10 12 12 3 6 3 11 11 -2 30
10 Bahardar 24 7 8 9 22 20 12 4 3 5 11 11 12 3 5 4 11 9 2 29
11 Wolkite Ketema 23 7 8 8 25 30 11 1 5 5 6 15 12 6 3 3 19 15 -5 29
12 Dire Dawa Kenema 24 7 7 10 23 30 12 6 3 3 13 8 12 1 4 7 10 22 -7 28
13 Adama Kenema 24 4 15 5 16 16 12 1 8 3 6 8 12 3 7 2 10 8 0 27
14 Addis Ababa Ketema 24 5 9 10 29 31 12 2 5 5 13 16 12 3 4 5 16 15 -2 24
15 Jimma Kenema 24 5 4 15 19 34 12 2 1 9 8 19 12 3 3 6 11 15 -15 19
16 Sebeta Kenema 23 3 8 12 15 36 12 1 4 7 9 22 11 2 4 5 6 14 -21 17