Hawassa host Insurance as Ethio Electric's fate hangs on Mekelakeya

Hawassa City play host to Ethiopian Insurance in a crucial Week 25 Betking Ethiopia Premier League clash on Tuesday as Ethio Electric take on Mekelakeya.

Both games will be held on Tuesday at the Hawassa University Stadium with Hawassa City hoping for the same home fortunes that have benefited neighbours Sidama Coffee.

Hawassa City are 7th on the log with 35 points while Ethiopia Insurance are 9 points above them on 44 points, and 3rd on the table.

The Lakers haven't registered a single win in their last 5 fixtures, registering 3 defeats and 2 draws.

In addition to their recent poor run of results, they have only scored one goal on the road. Even that goal was scored from the penalty area against Saint George.

Ethiopia Insurance beat Dire Dawa City 3-0 after their recent loss to Sidama Coffee. They can take advantage of Bahir Dar City's loss to reduce their points difference with the Tana Waves to 3 points, as they are now 6 points adrift.

Birhanu Ashamo is not ready for this match due to injury and Bereket Samuel is not available due to suspension.

From Ethiopian Insurance side, the man who scored two goals against Dire Dawa City, Wogene Gezhegn is injured and he is a doubt, but Kitika Jema will be back from suspension.

The two sides drew their first-round match 0-0.

In the last fixture of the day, Ethio Electric will play against Mekelakeya.

Ethio Electric have been losing most of their recent games and they will be relegated if they lose this fixture.

Mekelakeya were defeated 1-0 by Sidama Buna after they had made waves with a big win over league leaders Saint George.

They are 11th with 32 points and this fixture ended 1 - 1 in the first round.

There are no suspensions for either team and no injury news to report.