STATS: 10 PSL Records Sundowns Can Target

Wednesday night was a night of records for Mamelodi Sundowns. Not only did they set a new PSL record for unbeaten league games, but they also equalled Chiefs’ record for wins from the start of a PSL season and saw the youngest-ever PSL goalscorer in the league. This prompted a lot of questions and pondering on what records Sundowns can still aim for. We dug through the history books to look at 10 records that Rhulani Mokwena and his team may need to print and frame in the dressing room.

1. Longest Winning Run From The Start Of A PSL Season

8 – 2014 Kaizer Chiefs won each of their first eight-games. Sundowns have equalled the record, but still need one more win to hold that record outright.

Record holder: Kaizer Chiefs

What Sundowns need: 1 more win in the next game

2. Number Of Clean Sheets

21 – Kaizer Chiefs kept 21 clean sheets throughout the 2003/4 season, the most of any PSL side in a full season. No other side has ever kept 20+, including teams that played 34 games.

Record holder: Kaizer Chiefs

What Sundowns need: 16 clean sheets from the next 22 games

3. Number Of Goals Conceded

21 – Chiefs also conceded 11 goals in the 2003/4 season, the fewest of any PSL side in a full season.

Record holder: Kaizer Chiefs

What Sundowns need: concede seven or fewer goals in the next 22 games

4. Goals Scored In All Competitions

98 – No team has ever scored 100 goals in a single PSL season, the highest is 98:

• 198/99 Chiefs
• 1999/00 Sundowns
• 2021/22 Sundowns

Record holder: None

What Sundowns need: score 75 more goals in their remaining matches

5. Scoring In Consecutive Games

29 – The PSL record for scoring in consecutive games is 9, held by Orlando Pirates who scored in 29 straight league games between June 2000 and April 2001.

Record holder: Orlando Pirates

What Sundowns need: score at least once in the next 17 games

6. Invincibility

0 – No team has ever completed a full PSL season without losing a game. 2020/21 Sundowns came closest, losing one game in that campaign.

Record holder: None

What Sundowns need: remain unbeaten for the next 22 games

7. League Goals By An Individual

25 – Collins Mbesuma holds the record for most goals by a player in a season (25 in the league., 35 in all competitions) doing so in 2003/4.

Record holder: Collins Mbesuma (player)

What Sundowns need: Ribeiro to score 28 more goals, Shalulile to score 30 more or any player to score 35 in all competitions this season

8. Points Record

71 – Pitso Mosimane’s Sundowns won the 2015/16 title with 71 points, which remains a record for a 30-game PSL season.

Record holder: Sundowns

What Sundowns need: collect 47 points from the next 22 games, i.e winning at least 13 more from now until the end of the season: W13 D8 L1 or W14 D5 L3 or W15 D2 L5 or W16 and even lose the other six.

9. Away Points Record

38 – The record for points collected in away games during a 30-game season is 38, a record held by two teams.

Record holder: 2014/15 Kaizer Chiefs and 2020/21 Sundowns

What Sundowns need: collect 24 points from the next 10 away games, i.e winning at least 7 more from now until the end of the season: W7 D3 L0 or W8 D0 L2 or W9 D0 L1 or W10 and even lose the other six.

10. Longest Unbeaten Run In All Competitions

30 – While Sundowns have equaled the league run, Kaizer Chiefs still hold the record for the longest unbeaten run in all competitions – a 30-game streak in 2014 and 2015.

Record holder: Kaizer Chiefs

What Sundowns need: remain unbeaten for the next 11 games in all competitions

Bonus: Winning 17 Straight Games

The last one is not a PSL record, but an overall South African record. In 1991, Kaizer Chiefs won 17 games to start the season.

Record holder: Kaizer Chiefs

What Sundowns need: win the next 10 league games