The 100th game in the PSL was played this past weekend when Golden Arrows met TS Galaxy on Saturday afternoon. The two goals in that game made it 189 goals from 100 games, equalling the PSL record for the lowest total at 100 games. While goals continue to be scarce locally, three PSL teams have reached the latter stages of both CAF competitions. Here are five stats in detail from the weekend action.
On Rele Mofokeng
20y 2m 26d - Relebohile Mofokeng is the youngest player in PSL history to score in three consecutive CAF Champions League matches (20years 2months 26days), and the first ever to do so under the age of 21. In PSL history, nine players have scored in at least three straight CAFCL games, with only three doing so under the age of 22.
Youngest players to score in 3 straight CAFCL games:
20 years 2 months 26 days - Mofokeng (Jan 2025)
21 years 8 months 7 days - Cassius Mailula (ending Feb 2023)
21 years 9 months 6 days - Tso Vilakazi (ending May 2004)
On the CAFCL Last 8
2 - Two South African teams will appear in the Last 8 of the CAF Champions League in the same season for only the second time, after Sundowns & Chiefs in the 2020/21 edition. For Sundowns, this is the 11th time they reach the Last 8, more than any other PSL side.
CAFCL/African Cup Last 8:
11 - Sundowns
6 - Pirates
1 - SuperSport Utd (04/05), Manning Rangers (1998), Ajax Cape Town (05/06), Kaizer Chiefs (2020/21)
On Chiefs’ youngsters
10 - 10 of Kaizer Chiefs’ 17 Premier League goals this season have been scored by players aged 21 or younger (Shabalala x4, Duba x4, Vilakazi x2), the most U21 goals for the club in a single season since 2010/11 (15).
Most goals by Under 21 players in a Chiefs season (U21 at the start of the season):
2004 - 25
2010 - 15
2023/24 - 10
On Frank Mhango
75 - The goal on the weekend was Gabadinho Mhango’s 75th since joining the PSL, making him the first Malawian player to reach 75 goals in all competitions in PSL history.
Mhango breakdown of goals:
League: 68
Cups: 7
On Stellies’ thrashing
5-0 - RS Berkane 5-0 Stellies is the joint biggest margin of defeat for a PSL side in CAF competitions.
The biggest defeats for PSL sides on the continent:
11 May 2008: Mount Cameroon (Cameroon) 5-0 Ajax Cape Town
4 Nov 2000: Africa Sports (Ivory Coast) 6-1 Sundowns
19 January 2025: RS Berkane (Morocco) 5-0 Stellenbosch
FIVE OTHER STATS
25 - 25 points from 14 games is Polokwane City’s best-ever points haul at this stage and is also guaranteed to be their highest tally at the halfway stage of a PSL top-flight campaign.
2023 - Richards Bay lost a league game despite scoring the opening goal for the first time since Oct 2023, also v CT City. Meanwhile, Soukouna Amadou is the first CT City player to net a brace in a league game since Jaedin Rhodes in October 2023, also v Richards Bay (same game).
9 - SuperSport United have failed to score in 9 league games this season, more than any of the last six seasons. 2017/18 is the last time they had more blanks in a season (13).
100 - Chippa 2-2 Marumo Gallants is the 100th league game played on a Saturday that ended in a 2-2 draw, the first weekday in PSL history to see one hundred matches end 2-2.
123 - The goal vs AS FAR was Peter Shalulile’s 123rd in the top-flight (96 at Sundowns, 27 at Highlands Park), six behind Siyabonga Nomvethe the all-time top scorer in the PSL era (129).
