Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Ethiopia Nigd Bank (1st, 64 pts) held a 41-point advantage over Wolkite Ketema (14th, 23 pts). Wolkite Ketema ranked 8th in the league on five-round form, well above their 14th table position. Per game in the league, Wolkite Ketema were scoring 0.5 and conceding 1.37, Ethiopia Nigd Bank 1.9 and 0.9, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
Wolkite Ketema had been beaten in three straight games. Ethiopia Nigd Bank's unbeaten run stood at 5. Recent form was uneven: 4/15 points for Wolkite Ketema, 11/15 for Ethiopia Nigd Bank.
Hawassa Stadium in Hawassa, capacity 25,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Ethiopia Nigd Bank led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.