HAWASSA, Ethiopia (Interstat) — Negele Arsi Ketema defeated home side Ethiopia Bunna SC 3-0 on Wednesday at Hawassa University Stadium, scoring three unanswered goals and keeping a clean sheet. The visitors took the lead early and protected their advantage through the final whistle. Ethiopia Bunna SC could not score and finished the match with a red card in stoppage time. The match was played in Hawassa, with Negele Arsi Ketema as the visiting team and Ethiopia Bunna SC as the home team. The result counted in both the competition record and the all-competitions record for each club, with Negele Arsi Ketema moving to one win, no losses and two draws and Ethiopia Bunna SC falling to one win and two losses.

Gebremeskel Dubale gave Negele Arsi Ketema the lead in the 20th minute. Dubale was on the field for 90 minutes and recorded one goal. The opener put Ethiopia Bunna SC behind and forced the home side to chase the match. Negele Arsi Ketema later added to its advantage, and Dawit Tefera scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time. Tefera also played 90 minutes and recorded one goal. The visitors’ scoring included Dubale’s first-half goal and Tefera’s late strike, and Negele Arsi Ketema completed a 3-0 win. Dubale and Tefera were the listed key performers in descending order of importance.

Ethiopia Bunna SC’s night ended with a red card in the sixth minute of stoppage time. The dismissal followed Negele Arsi Ketema’s final goal and left the home side with 10 players for the closing moments. The red card was the only dismissal listed in the match. Ethiopia Bunna SC could not find a goal before the final whistle. Negele Arsi Ketema protected its lead throughout and closed out the match without conceding. The home side was shut out after also being held scoreless by Sheger Ketema in an earlier competition match.

The result moved Negele Arsi Ketema to 1 win, 0 losses and 2 draws in this competition and across all competitions. Ethiopia Bunna SC fell to 1 win and 2 losses in this competition and across all competitions. Negele Arsi Ketema entered the match unbeaten in the competition with two draws from its first two fixtures. Ethiopia Bunna SC entered with one win and one loss. Negele Arsi Ketema had previously drawn 0-0 at Ethio Electric SC and 1-1 at St. George. Ethiopia Bunna SC had previously won 2-1 at St. George and lost 1-0 to Sheger Ketema at home. The records reflect the teams’ standing after the Wednesday match. Negele Arsi Ketema’s all-competitions record matched its competition record, and Ethiopia Bunna SC’s all-competitions record matched its competition record.

Negele Arsi Ketema’s goals came from a first-half breakthrough and a late finish, with Dubale and Tefera providing the scoring listed among the key performances. Dubale’s 20th-minute goal was the opening score of the match. Tefera’s goal in stoppage time came before Ethiopia Bunna SC’s red card. The home side was unable to convert any chances into goals and was shut out at Hawassa University Stadium in Hawassa. The visitors’ three-goal total stood as the only scoring in the match.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Ethiopia Bunna SC 1, Negele Arsi Ketema 0. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Ethiopia Bunna SC with an 87.3 percent probability to win. Ethiopia Bunna SC had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 3 went under the over/under line of 1.5. The final score differed from the simulator’s projected result. The pregame projections favored the home side, but the visitors produced the only goals of the match.