Five PSL Stats: New Year Weekend

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The PSL returned to action this past weekend. Below are five standout stats from the weekend.

4 – Kaizer Chiefs have now won four consecutive away games in the league. Since their last PSL title in 2015, Chiefs have gone on a better away run just once (six games ending November 2019) under Ernst Middendorp.

LengthEndedCoach
6 gamesNovember 2019Middendorp
6 gamesNovember 2014Baxter
5 gamesJanuary 2014Baxter
5 gamesAugust 2005Dumitru/Middendorp
5 gamesOctober 1997Dolezar
5 gamesDecember 1996Walter da Silva
4 games*5 occasions, including the
current run.
Various

20 – Mothobi Mvala was the 20th different player to score a #DStvPrem goal for Sundowns in the 2022 calendar year (excl. own goals), the most different league scorers for the club in a single year across their PSL history (20 also in 2004 & 2021).

5 – Ronwen Williams has kept five consecutive clean sheets in the league, his best such run since October/November 2011, when he was at SuperSport (also 5). One more clean sheet will set a new personal best league run.

52 – Sundowns collected 52 points in the 2022 calendar year, the most of all sides. They’ve won the most points in seven of the last eight calendar years (Pirates 2018 the exception).

36y 11m 22d – Aged 36 years, 11 months & 22 days, Onismor Bhasera became the third oldest player to score a league goal for SuperSport in the PSL, after Grant Johnson (37y 19d) and Sibusiso Zuma (38y 5m & 6d).

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