Adama City vs Shashemene Kenema Prediction: A close encounter expected to go the hosts’ favor

Hawassa Stadium will be the venue for this round 23 Ethiopia Premier League game between Adama City and Shashemene Kenema. Last time in the league, neither team could secure a win. How will this one unfold?

Adama City are coming off a goalless draw with Fasil Kenema, and coming here, they had hoped for a better result. In the meantime, looking at the hosts' recent games shows that this side has a win in three games while losing one other. However, a look at Adama City's last home games shows that Adama City are unbeaten in as many as five consecutive matches, with just one loss in their last 13. In the 2023/2024 Ethiopia Premier League standings, Adama City are seated in 6th place with 34 points, scoring 28 goals and conceding 24 in the exact matches.

Shashemene Kenema are coming off a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Dire Dawa. In that game, Dire Dawa’s lone goal came in the 45+4 minute, with Carlose Dam scoring for this side. In the meantime, a look at Shashemene Kenema shows that they have just one win in as many as ten matches, coming against the Welayta Dicha in a 1-2 encounter. This season, Shashemene Kenema have accumulated just 13 points from a possible 66, positioning them 15th in the standings, five points above bottom-placed Hambericho Durame.

In the lone meeting of this game, Shashemene Kenema and Adama City settled for a 1-1 draw. Adama City took the lead in that match in the 34th minute, with Yosef Tarekegn scoring for them, and it was an 83rd-minute strike by Tariku Muluken that leveled the scores in that game.

This game is expected to end in Adama City’s favor at full-time. The hosts are favorites here and have been excellent this season. On the other hand, Shashemene Kenema are in poor form, and either at home or on the road, they have struggled to win a single game in the majority of their matches. Adama City have a good home record and should be able to keep a clean sheet in this game, especially considering Shashemene Kenema has just one goal in five consecutive games on the road.