From Sundowns’ scoring prowess to Pirates record points tally. From AmaZulu’s scoring streak to Gavin Hunt’s 1000th game, and a bit on Stellies setting a record for passes this season. Here are five stats from the PSL weekend in detail…
On Sundowns goals
42 - Sundowns have scored 42 goals from 18 league games this season, the best scoring record by a top-flight team at this stage in PSL history.
Most goals after 18 games of a PSL season:
42 - Sundowns 2024/25*
41 - Sundowns 1999/00
38 - Kaizer Chiefs 2004/05
37 - Manning Rangers 1998/99, Hellenic 1999/00, Pirates 2004/05, Chiefs 2019/20
On Pirates at the halfway stage
36 - Pirates have won 12 games & 36 points from their 15 games this season, both new records for the club at the halfway stage of a 30-game season in PSL history.
Most points at the halfway stage for Pirates:
36 in 2024/25 (Riveiro)*
33 in 2002/3 (Barreto)
33 in 2004/5 (Papic)
31 in 2012/13 [Palacios (3 games) + de Sa (12)]
On AmaZulu
5 - AmaZulu have scored 2+ goals in each of their last five league games, their longest run of scoring 2+ in the competition in PSL history.
Their previous best run of scoring 2+ was in four consecutive games:
Sep 18, 1998: Drew 2-2 v Spurs (Scorers: Newman, Mnguni)
Sep 24, 1998: Drew 2-2 v SuperSport Utd (Magagula, Marumo)
Oct 11, 1998: Won 2-1 v QwaQwa Stars (Lungu Marumo)
Oct 25, 1998: Won 4-2 v Santos (marumo, Barros, Magagula, Ndwandwe)
On Gavin Hunt
1000 - The (later abandoned) game was Gavin Hunt’s 1000th in PSL history (P999 W416 D287 L296).
Most trophies won in South African football:
12 - Ted Dumitru, Pitso Mosimane
11 - Jeff Butler
8 - Gavin Hunt, Stanley Tshabalala
7 - Kaizer Motaung, Gordon Igesund, Muhsin Ertugral
On Stellies passes
608 - Stellies completed 608 passes against Richards Bay this past weekend, the most in a league game by any team this season, and the first time a team completed 600+ since Pirates completed 622 also v Richards Bay in May last year.
Most passes completed in a game this season:
608 - Stellies v Richards Bay' (Feb 2025)
588 - Sundowns v Polokwane (Nov 2024)
575 - Sundowns v Mages (Jan 2025)
571 - Sundowns v Richards Bay (Dec 2024)
556 - Sundowns v TS Galaxy (Feb 2025)
Bonus
4 - This was the 4th time Sundowns scored 4+ in a league game this season; the last time they scored 4+ on more occasions in the same campaign was in 1999/00 (6 times).
129 - Only Siyabonga Nomvethe (129) has scored more goals in the top flight than Shalulile (126).
7 - TS Galaxy have conceded seven goals in 4 days, as many as they did in the previous 105.
*This newsletter is usually sent on Monday, but the day was heavily affected by load shedding this past Monday.
