EPL: Leader Sidama Coffee to face St. George in Addis tomorrow
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopian Premier League leader Sidama Coffee (35 pts) will face their closest rival and defending champions St. George (32 pts) here tomorrow.
St. George defeated the southern region representative 2-0 when the two sides met in Yirgalem in the first round of the championship.
Both teams have enough incentives to go all out in their encounter tomorrow. For the leaders, they want to avenge their first round loss and also extend their lead to 6 points with a victory. Even a draw will be to their advantage as they will maintain their 3 pts lead.
For the horsemen, a victory could see them overtake Sidama as leaders of EPL on goal difference.
Sidama is attempting to clinch its first EPL title compared to the horsemen, who have 11 trophies to their credits.
1 | Sidama Coffee | 17 | 35 | +9 | |
2 | Saint George | 17 | 32 | +12 | |
3 | CBE SA | 17 | 28 | +10 | |
4 | Ethiopian Coffee | 17 | 28 | +7 | |
5 | Defence | 17 | 26 | +3 | |
6 | Dedebit | 16 | 25 | +6 |
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