Arbaminch City dented Bahir Dar City 's chance to close the gap with League Leaders, St George when they drew 2-2 with the Tona Bees.
It was the same result for the tie between Ethiopia Coffee and Adama City which also ended 2-2
Firaol Mengistu gave Bahir Dar the early advantage with a 3rd minute goal
Arbaminch City equalized in the 6th minute through Endalkachew Mesfin to bring the game level at 1-1.
There were no further goals at halftime, but Bahir Dar pressed for a second goal early in the second half but faced a great resistance from Arbaminch City.
They were however rewarded with a 2nd goal on 68 minutes when Fuad Fereja pounced to score for Bahir Dar, and they led 2-1 until the last quarter of an hour
Arbaminch would put some dent on their title race with a 76th minute Ahmed Hussien goal which brought them level on to 2-2, the final scores.
There was another early goal in the second game of the night with Mohammednur Nasir leading the line for Ethiopia Coffee and causing some damage as quick as the 3rd minute to give Coffee a 1-0 lead.
Adama City were back in business in the
22nd minute through Adnan Reshad for 1-1.
Desta Yohannis doubled the advantage for Adama when he converted from the penalty spot to shoot Adama into a 2-1 lead over Ethiopia Coffee.
This game will end like the last game with another late goal this time in the 78th minute as Mohammednur Nasir completed his brace, 2-2 the final scores.
Bahir Dar City remain second on the log with the lead between St George and them reduced to 4 points and a chance for the Horsemen to extend to 7 points with a win.