Sundowns beat Chiefs, Pirates lost to Chippa, Richards Bay went top of the league, joint-top with TS Galaxy. Gavin Hunt lost while Daine Klate won his first game as a coach goal. You’ve probably seen the post match reactions, comments and big opinions. But here, we try and find the most interesting stat from the weekend.
1 – Abubeker Nasir’s goal is the first league goal for Sundowns by a player from Ethiopia, the 35th different nationality to appear for them in the PSL.
Can you name the other 34 countries?
Ethiopia is the 23rd country to have a player score for Sundowns in the PSL era. Other countries with one goal for Sundowns include:
DR Congo
New Zealand
Botswana
Senegal
Kenya
Portugal
Can you name those players?
6 – Abubeker Nasir is the sixth player to score his first league goal for Sundowns in a game against Kaizer Chiefs, after Clayton Daniels, Sibusiso Vikakazi, Kermit Erasmus, Peter Shalulile & Grant Kekana.
6 players have also opened their accounts against Pirates, but it’s far from the most. 10 Brazilians broke their duck against Free State Stars & SuperSport, 11 against Wits and 12 against AmaZulu. But the club that leads here is now (well technically) defunct.
13 – 13 players scored their 1st Sundowns goal against Moroka Swallows, the most among all of Sundowns’ PSL opponents.
Headline Photo: @Masandawana