EPL: First Round concludes with Sidama Bunna on top

Sidama BunnaBoditi, Ethiopia – The first round of the 2014/15 Ethiopian Premier League concluded here today with Sidama Bunna seating on top with 27 points, followed by defending champions St. George (25 pts), Wolayta Dicha (22 pts) and Ethiopian Coffee (21 pts).

Of the 3 games played today, most soccer fans had their eyes on the Wolayta Dicha vs St. George encounter as a victory by the latter could have taken them to the top. Unfortunately the two teams drew scoreless.

Dedebit travelled south and defeated Hawassa Kenema 2-0 to jump 5 spots to finish in 5th place while Ethiopian Coffee dropped to fourth place after they lost 1-0 to EEPCo.  The victory propolled the electric men to move 4 spots to 7th place.

Welayata Dicha had a good chance to move to second place but failed to take home field advantage as they drew scoreless with St. George. On the other hand, the latter could have retaken the lead from Sidama had they won today’s match.

Hawassa Kenema (10 pts) and Woldiya Kenema (6 pts) finished the first round at the bottom of the league table.

 

Pos P W D L F A GD Pts
1. Sidama Bunna 13 8 3 2 14 8 6 27
2. Kidus Giorgis 13 7 4 2 15 5 10 25
3. Wolayta Dicha 13 6 4 3 12 9 3 22
4. Ethiopian Bunna 13 6 3 4 19 14 5 21
5. Dedebit 13 5 3 5 19 15 4 19
6. Adama Kenema 13 4 7 2 16 13 3 19
7. Arba Minch Kenema 13 4 7 2 9 8 1 19
8. Electric 13 4 5 4 13 14 -1 17
9. Ethiopia Nigd Bank 13 3 7 3 14 12 2 16
10. Dashen Bira 13 5 1 7 10 12 -2 16
11. Mekelakeya 13 4 4 5 7 9 -2 16
12. Mugher Ceminto 13 3 4 6 11 14 -3 13
13. Hawassa Kenema 13 2 4 7 11 17 -6 10
14. Woldia Kenema 13 1 2 10 8 28 -20 5