STATS: Shalulile the workaholic

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One of the unstated benefits of joining Sundowns is that you get to play many games as they often get deep runs in many competitions. In fact, you actually get a chance to play on every day of the week. Peter Shalulile has found this out in the last two seasons, as Sundowns have played at least once on each weekday for the second successive season.

100% – Indeed, Sundowns have played a game on all seven days of the week this season, the 11th time this has happened for them in the PSL:

Games played by weekday:

Sunday: 3 games played, Monday: 1, Tuesday: 5, Wednesday: 4, Thursday: 1, Friday: 6, Saturday: 11.

Talk about being busy.

Not only have theyt played a game on every day of the week, they have also won a game on each day of the week this season, only the 5th time this has happened for them in the PSL.

Wins by weekday:

Sunday: 3 wins, Monday:1, Tuesday:5, Wednesday:3, Thursday:1, Friday: 5, Saturday:7

Which brings us to hat-trick hero Peter Shalulile.

7 – The hat-trick v Marumo Gallants represented Peter Shalulile’s first goals scored on a Thursday for a PSL club, meaning he’s now scored at least once on all seven days of the week.

The treble also took Shalulile to 94 goals for top-flight clubs (27 at Highlands Park & 67 for Sundowns all comps).

Unsurprisingly, most of his goals have come on a Saturday (30), with the rest scattered across the week.

Sunday: 16 goals, Monday: 4, Tuesday: 14, Wednesday: 21, Thursday: 3 (NEW!!), Friday: 6.

The 100-goal landmark looks very close for him now, but even if he gets there, he will still have this one challenge:

Kelechi Iheanacho is the only player in Premier League history to score a goal on all seven days of the week within a single season in the competition.

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