🔢 - We have a #NewProfilePic. Glow-up.

2021 - Arthur Zwane has won his first Coach of the Month award. The last AmaZulu coach to win the award was Benni McCarthy in May 2021. Excellence.

Sundowns rolling xG 2023/24 onwards 📈📉

Under Miguel Cardoso, they've created better chances than before, but the defensive trendline has been heading in the wrong direction, despite a recent dip.

But until the red & green lines cross, the club may read this chart as healthy.

47 - The quarter-final win over Sekhukhune Utd was Abdeslam Ouaddou's 47th win for Orlando Pirates (all comps), surpassing 'Micho' to third on the all-time list for wins at the club in the PSL era. Podium.

10 - Wandile Duba has scored 10 goals since the start of the year (all comps), and is the first Kaizer Chiefs player to hit double-digits in the same calendar year since Leonardo Castro in 2018. Blossoming.

19 - Sundowns have already conceded 19 goals this season, their most after 20 games of a season post-pandemic (2020/21 onwards). Exposed.

28 - Orlando Pirates have kept 28 clean sheets in all competitions since 2026 started, equalling their best return in a calendar year (28 also in 2021). Protected.

5 - The defeat to USM Alger was only the fifth time Sundowns have lost a home CAF game (P111 W78 D28 L5 since 1994). Newsletter.

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17 - No Kaizer Chiefs player has scored more goals in all comps than Wandile Duba since his debut in December 2022 (17, level with Ashley du Preez). Newsletter.

Five stats from the weekend in detail: optajabu.substack.com/p/by-the-numbe…

1 - This is the first time Sundowns have ever conceded three goals at home in a CAF game. Chastening. #CAFSuperCup

2021 - Sundowns have conceded 2 goals before half-time in a CAF home game for the first time since April 2021 (0-2 v CR Belouizdad, also of Algeria). Behind.

Richards Bay rolling xG since promotion📈

Dimitar Pantev’s task was always a difficult one, given the continuously rising against he inherited. Just three matches later, he leaves the club as he found them - winless, out of the Carling Cup & now bottom of the table. #betwayprem

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3+ - Richards Bay have conceded 3+ goals in each of their last five games (all comps).

In PSL history, only Vaal Professionals (1998) and Umtata Bush Bucks (2002) have gone on longer streaks of conceding 3+ goals. Worry.

1 - The 2-0 defeat on the weekend was the first time Stellenbosch lost a league game to Chippa United at home (P7 W4 D3 L0 before this weekend). Undone.

5 - Sundowns have scored exactly 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 goals in their five League Cup (Coke/TKO/CKO) games v Golden Arrows:

• 1-0 yesterday
• 2-1 (2019)
• 3-0 (2007)
• 4-0 (2005)
• 5-0 (2024)

They’re the 1st PSL team to score 1-5 vs one opponent in the same Cup competition.

Set.

5/5 - Sundowns have won every League Cup tie against Golden Arrows (2005 Coke Cup, 2007 & 2019 Telkom Knockout, 2024 and 2026 Carling Knockout). Sweep.

25 - 25 points from nine games is Orlando Pirates' best-ever tally at this stage of a PSL season, and the quickest the club has ever gone past the 25-point mark. Salute.

27 - Sundowns are the first side in PSL history to score 27 goals in their first 10 league games. Unparalleled.

18 - Milford FC have accumulated 18 points from their 10 games this season, the joint third-best total for a newly promoted team at this stage of a PSL campaign. Ascent.