Addis Ababa – There are now two weeks left before the 2009/10 Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) Soccer Championship comes to a close. With that comes an intensified relegation battle as teams scramble to make last minutes’ efforts to stay in the league.
According to Ethiopian Football Federation’s fixtures, seven matches will take place tomorrow, with two more on Wednesday.
Tuesday June 8th, 2010 (First named team play at home)
Adama- Adama City Vs EEPCO
Harar- Harar City Vs South Police
Addis Ababa- Defence Force Vs Metehara Sugar
Addis Ababa – Insurance Vs Sebeta City
Yergalem- Sidama Coffee Vs Trans Ethiopia
Dire Dawa- Dire Dawa City Vs Dedebit FC
Ambo- Mugher Cement Vs Saint George
Wednesday June 9th, 2010
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian Coffee Vs Meta Abo Brewery
Addis Ababa – Banks SC Vs Awassa City
Analysis of the 2009/10 EPL season:
Known Facts:
Saint George FC has already won this season’s title and Meta Abo Brewery will definitely be relegated.
Unknown:
a. Relegated teams: 4 teams are expected to be relegated this year. This means that Meta Abo Brewery and three other teams will play in the lower league next season. So, who are the three unlucky ones among these 5 teams?
13. Ethio Banks 31 – (4) – 38 14. Ethio Insurance 32 – (6) – 37 15. EEPCO 32 – (2) – 34 16. South Police 32 – (22) – 31 17. Metehara Sugar 32 – (9) – 31 Ethiopian Banks SC with one game in hand has a slight edge over the other four teams to stay in the EPL next season. Having said that, anything can happen in soccer.
b. Who will finish as the EPL’s Top Goal Scorer?
1. Tafesse Tesfaye (Ethiopian Coffee) – 20 goals (+5) 2. Temesgen Tekle (Dedebit FC) – 19 goals3. Seifedin Hulder (Defence Force) – 15 goals Bedaso Hora (Mugher Cement) – 15 goals 5. Mohammed Nasser (St. George) – 14 goals (+2) 6. Salahdin Said (St. George) – 13 goals (+2) Adane Girma (St. George) – 13 goals Jibril Kedir (Metehara Sugar) – 13 goals 9. Dawit Fekadu (Eth. Coffee) – 10 goals
It looks like that the battle for the league’s top scorer title will be between Tafesse Tesfaye (Ethiopian Coffee) and Temesgen Tekle (Dedebit FC), but Seifedin Hulder (Defence Force) & Bedaso Hora (Mugher Cement) have slim chances.
c.Second-placed team
Who will finish second? The fight for second place will be between Dedebit FC and Ethiopian Coffee. However, all Dedebit has to do is win one of their remaining two matches and they will finish second no matter what Ethiopian Coffee does.
Teams GP GD Pts 2. Dedebit 32 – 19 – 57 3. Ethio Coffee 32 – 23 – 53
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