Dire Dawa hosts Hawassa and title challengers, Ethiopia Nigd Bank, otherwise known as CBE - Commercial Bank of Ethiopia take on Mekelakeya.
These massive week 18 fixtures in the Ethiopia premier league matches will be at the Dire Dawa International Stadium.
This is the advantage that Dire Dawa hopes to will give them the edge against Hawassa with more home fans
Dire Dawa City has been the in-form team at this time in the league, with four wins and two draws in the last six matches.
Their win against Ethiopia Coffee last week was amazing and created a beautiful crowd in the stadium.
The team is now strong at the backline Conceding only two goals in their last six matches and with 24 points, are 7th on the table.
Their opponents, Hawassa City come into this match after a win against Shashmene City.
The Lakers lost only once in the last five matches as they won three and drew on one.
Ali Suleiman's current performance is creating a good goalscoring opportunities for the team. This strong side of the team has seen them score in the last 10 consecutive league matches leaving them in 11th place with 22 points.
The other match of the day or the match of the week will be between Ethiopia Nigd Bank and Mekelakeya.
Ethiopia Nigd Bank is leading the table with 36 points two points far from the defending Champions, St George.
CBE has recovered from a slump which saw them lose two consecutive games to St George and Sidama Coffee, as they have since won two and drawn one game, last week with Hadiya Hosanna.
Mekelakeya on the other hand are on their worst run of the season after losing three of their last four matches.
They are now three points far from the leaders and their tomorrow's opponent CBE.
Mekelakeya will be without their head coach Gebrekirstos Birara as he is banned four matches and also, they will not enjoy the service of Aschalew Tamene due to suspension.
Mechal will tie with the Bankers on 36 points each if they won and CBE will get six points gap against Mechal if they are in the winning side.