PSL Weekend Summary – Sundowns Unbeaten Halfway Through the Season

Sundowns beat Chippa United comfortably by a 2-0 scoreline in the league on Sunday afternoon. The victory helped them maintain their position at the top of the table, and they have reached the half-way stage of their season without losing a single game.

15

The 15 opening game unbeaten run equals the longest unbeaten start by a Sundowns side in PSL history (15 also in 1999/00 and 2018/19).

The win also brought them to 33 points from 15 league games, three games fewer than it took them last season (18 games). However, the last time Sundowns had 33 points at the half-way stage of a #DSTVPrem season was 2016/17, but they did not go on to win the title (Wits did).

Which other teams have reached the half-way stage unbeaten?

3

Only three PSL clubs have reached the half-way stage without losing a game in a top-flights season before now (Pirates in 2004/5, Chiefs in 2014/15 and Sundowns in 2018/19).

Pirates are the only one of those that did not go on to win the title.

19 

The longest a team has gone unbeaten from the start of a PSL season was 19 games (W14 D5) – still Kaizer Chiefs in 2014/15.

The longest unbeaten starts to a PSL season

17 – Orlando Pirates 2004/05
15* – Sundowns 2020/21
15 – Sundowns 1999/00
15 – Sundowns 2018/19
14* – Swallows FC 2020/21
13 – Kaizer Chiefs 1996/97

Both Chiefs (2014/15) and Pirates (2004/5) unbeaten runs were both ended by Supersport, while Sundowns’ unbeaten runs were ended by Bush Bucks (1999/00) and AmaZulu (2018/19).

However, these still pale in comparison to the overall longest unbeaten run in PSL history:

31 

Kaizer Chiefs went 31 games unbeaten between January and October 2005, but that was across two seasons (2004/5 and 2005/6).