Match Report
55 points for Fasil Ketema (5th), 50 for Awassa Kenema (9th): a 5-point gap. Recent form told a different story for Awassa Kenema: only 14th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 9th. Against a league average of 0.89 goals per team per game, Fasil Ketema ran at 0.74 scored and 0.74 conceded, Awassa Kenema at 0.97 and 0.87.
Fasil Ketema had drawn their last three.
10 meetings are on record — 4 won by Fasil Ketema, 2 by Awassa Kenema, 4 drawn, at 2.6 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 70% of the meetings.
Hawassa Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Fasil Ketema: Mignot Debebe (67')
Key stats
Possession: Fasil Ketema 47% · Awassa Kenema 53% · Total shots: 5-7 · On target: 1-2 · Corners: 4-3