Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Kedus Giorgis 1st with 65 points, Jimma Kenema 16th with 23, 42 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Jimma Kenema 0.77 scored and 1.43 conceded per game, Kedus Giorgis 1.67 and 0.37, with the league averaging 1.07.
Kedus Giorgis entered with four wins in a row. Over the last five, Jimma Kenema had taken 7 of 15 points to Kedus Giorgis's 13.
6 meetings are on record — 1 won by Jimma Kenema, 4 by Kedus Giorgis, 1 drawn, at 2.67 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings.
Bahir Dar Stadium in Bahir Dar, capacity 4,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.