In the very first match day of game week 29 Dire Dawa Ketema and Wolaita Dicha declare that they are staying up.
The Betking Ethiopian premier league resumed today after the Afcon qualifiers with two cruical games taking place at the same time.
The first one saw Arbaminch Ketema taking on Dire Dawa Ketema at the Adama Ababa Bikila Stadium in what was a crucial game in the race for survival, in what was a very cagey encounter Dire Dawa Ketema ran out 1-0 victorious courtsey to a 70th minute solitary strike from Binyam Getachew.
In the other fixture held at the same time at the Adama Science and Technology University Stadium Wolaita Dicha and Wolkite Ketema played out a frustrating goalles draw.
The results meant Dire Dawa Ketema now on 39 points and Wolaita Dicha on 37 points residing 8th & 12th spot sealing their spot in the upcoming seasons premier league while Wolkite Ketema and Arbaminch Ketema now on 13th & 14th place respectively are forced to wait for the very last game to avoid the drop.