Match Report
13 points and 14 places separated them: Dire Dawa Kenema 17th with 42, Mechal FC 3rd with 55. Mechal FC had been under-performing their position — 17th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Per game in the league, Dire Dawa Kenema were scoring 0.68 and conceding 1.11, Mechal FC 1.13 and 0.87, against a competition average of 0.89 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Mechal FC in 6 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 2 Dire Dawa Kenema wins, 2 for Mechal FC, 4 draws, at 1.13 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 38% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 13% of the meetings.
Dire Dawa Stadium, capacity 5,000, hosted the game. Mechal FC led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-2.
Goal scorers
Dire Dawa Kenema: Mohammednur Nasir (6') · Mechal FC: Alembirhan Yigzaw (15'), Collins Kudjoe (40')
Key stats
Possession: Dire Dawa Kenema 53% · Mechal FC 47% · Total shots: 5-12 · On target: 4-1 · Corners: 2-3