Newcomers Hadiya Hossana humiliated Wolaitta Dicha 5-1 in the week 7 of the Ethiopian Premier League in Hossana. Dire Dawa Kenema, Adama Kenema, ArbaMinch Kenema, Dashen Beer and Sidama Bunna also won their respective games.
Bottom side Hadiya Hossana totally crashed fellow Southerners Wolaitta Dicha to register their first ever win in the Premier League. Hossana were the dominant side from the start to the end. Endale Debalke (6’) and Abebayehu Yohannes (27’) gave Hossana a two goals cushion at the interval. Ex Hossana striker Tewodros Mengesha pulled one back in 49th minute. Nonetheless Amrala Deltacha (71’), Abebaw Tamiru (90’) and Dula Mulatu (90+2) added three goals to hand Hossana a profoundly deserved win.
ArbaMinch Kenema cruised past Ethiopia Bunna 2-0 in ArbaMinch. Teshome Tadesse and Bereket WoldeTsadik’s first half goals doomed Bunna into a second successive defeat. The capital outfit is finding it hard to collect points in games away from Addis Ababa. That seemingly continued in ArbaMinch today.
Surging league leaders Adama Kenema continued their impressive form as they came behind to conquer Hawassa Kenema 2-1 in Hawassa. Desta Yohannes gave Hawassa the lead at stroke of half time. Tafesse Tesafaye, who recently received his national team call up, bagged a brace in the second half to put himself at the top of the scoring chart likewise to put Adama on top. Tafesse celebrated both his goals with his trademark dance whilst the Hawassa faithful applauded him.
Dashen Beer got back to winning ways after 4 games as they defeat Electric. Sherif Dien’s second half goal was enough to hand the Gondar side the three points. Electric coach Birhanu Bayou was dismissed in the second half to wrap up an already bad day for the 2 time Ethiopian Premier League champions.
Center back Tewodros Bekele scored an own goal in the opening 5 minutes as Sidama Bunna overcame army side Mekelakeya in Yirgalem.
Dire Dawa Kenema saw off Ethiopia Nigd Bank 1-0 in a controversial game at Dire Dawa. Surafel Daniel made sure of Dire Dawa’s third consecutive victory before the interval. Nigd Bank had an equalizer in the second half through Nigerian center forward Philip Dauzi, but the lines man ruled against it. The game was halted for a few minutes as Nigd Bank coaching staff complained about the disallowed goal.
The high flying Adama Kenema remains top with 19 points. Hadiya Hossana stays bottom of the log table with 4 points. Tafesse Tesfaye now leads the top goal scoring chart with 6 goals.
