Salhadin Said on the mark as St.George remain firmly on top of Ethiopia Premier League summit

by
Collins Okinyo
April 22, 2016

Ethiopia Premier League week 15 mid week matches provided some great moments with six matches lined up in what was a dramatic day of great football.There was a minute of silence in honor of the demised Ethiopians killed in Gambela last week.

Salhadin Said was on the mark his first goals since his return to Ethiopia where he rejoined St.George as they beat Sidama Bunna 1-0 in Yirgalem.

Togolese import Edom Hosorovi was the main man as he hit a hat-trick when Dashen Birra produced a virtuoso performance to upset Hadiya Hossana 4-0 in a one sided game as Dashen won their first league match after weeks of upsets and sorrow.

It was a great day for 10 man Ethiopia Bunna as they defeated Mekelakeya(Defence) 1-0. Hawassa Ketema continue on their fine form with a win over Diredawa Ketema. ArbaMinch

Ethiopia Bunna needed a second half penalty to beat Mekelakeya in Addis Ababa. Cameroonian Yabeun William converted a spot kick after the recess. Wendifraw Geteahun and Baye Gezaghen were shown a red card as both sides finished their game with a man down.

Adama Ketema beat Electric 1-0 from a beautiful Tafese Tesfayegoal slotted in the second half as he scored his 10th goal of the season while Nigerian Peter Nuwadke saw his spot kick saved by Adama goalie Jafar Delil 3 minutes from time on the other hand ArbaMinch Ketema and Wolaitta Dicha ended their game in stalemate.

St.George’s win puts them firmly on top of the summit with 33 points whilst Adama are second with 27 points. Dedebit, who will face Ethiopia Nigd Bank on Friday, are third 8 points shy of the leaders. Electric and Hadiya Hossana sits at the bottom of the league table.

Log table as at 21.04.2016

1.	St. Georges	15	10	3	2	22:7	33
2.	Adama City	15	8	3	4	20:14	27
3.	Dedebit	14	7	4	3	23:16	25
4.	Welayta Dicha	15	7	3	5	14:16	24
5.	Awassa	15	6	4	5	17:19	22
6.	Ethiopia Bunna	15	6	3	6	14:14	21
7.	Dire Dawa	15	6	3	6	14:15	21
8.	Mekelakeya	15	5	4	6	13:11	19
9.	Sidama Bunna	15	4	7	4	16:20	19
10.	Ethiopia Nigd Bank	14	3	8	3	10:10	17
11.	Dashen Birra	15	4	4	7	11:13	16
12.	Arba Menche	15	3	7	5	11:13	16
13.	EEPCO	15	4	4	7	12:16	16
14.	Hossana Kenema	15	1	3	11	14:27	6

Midweek results:


21.04. 05:00	Awassa	2 – 0	Dire Dawa
21.04. 05:00	Dashen Birra	4 – 0	Hossana Kenema
21.04. 05:00	Ethiopia Bunna	1 – 0	Mekelakeya
21.04. 05:00	Sidama Bunna	0 – 1	St. Georges
21.04. 07:30	EEPCO	0 – 1	Adama City

Arba Menche 0-0 Welayta Dicha

Round 16 Fixtures:

Round 15
	22.04. 07:30	Dedebit	Ethiopia Nigd Bank
Round 16
	26.04. 05:00	Adama City	Ethiopia Bunna
	26.04. 05:00	Dire Dawa	Sidama Bunna
	26.04. 05:00	Hossana Kenema	Awassa
	26.04. 05:00	Welayta Dicha	Dashen Birra
	26.04. 07:30	St. Georges	EEPCO
	27.04. 05:00	Mekelakeya	Dedebit
	27.04. 07:30	Ethiopia Nigd Bank	Arba Menche

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Collins Okinyo

Ex- CAF Media Expert. An expert on African football with over 15 years experience ,always with an ear to the ground with indepth knowledge of the game. I have worked for top publications including 7 years at www.supersport.com until i founded www.soka25east.com to quench the thirst of football lovers across the continent. I have trained young upcoming journalists who are now a voice in African football.I have covered World Cup,AFCON,CHAN,Champions League,Confederations Cup,Cecafa,Cosafa,Wafu and many other football tournaments across the World. Founder Football Africa Arena(FAA),Founder www.afrisportdigital.com