The opening day fixture of game week 12 saw both fixtures ending in a draw.
In the opening fixture of the game week 12 Gebremedhin Haile’s Ethiopia Medhin were held to a one all draw against inform Shashemene Ketema.
Prior to kickoff the great Ethiopian sports journalist and Historian Genene Mekuria who passed away days ago was remembered with a minute of silence.
Ethiopia Medin were in all attack mode but failed to play through the stubborn Shashemene defense, in the game were chances were far and few the two goals came later in the second half.
Wogene Gezahegne gave Ethiopia Medhin the breakthrough in the 67th minute but three minutes later Abdulkadir Nassir levelled matters for Shashemene Ketema.
The draw meant Shashemene are unbeaten in their last five outings residing 15th with 8 points while Ethiopia Medhin winless in their last four outings remain 13th place with 10 points.
In the highly anticipated evening kickoff saw Mechal and Fasil Kenema playing out a goalless draw.
The first half saw a very competitive game of football but neither failed to hit the mark, the half also witnessed the sending off of Mechal’s Behilu Girma.
In the second half, the intensity of the match dropped, and eventually went on to a close with a 0-0 scoreline.
The draw temporarily gives Mechal the edge over Ethiopia Medhin into the top spot while Fasil Kenema remains 4th with 19 points.
