Stats: PSL season in numbers

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The Absa Premiership Trophy
  • Post published:March 27, 2020

SoccerClub takes a look back at the overall statistics of the 2019-20 Absa Premiership season before the suspension of all football in South Africa.

Here are the Absa Premiership overall statistics in full:

36,3m – Kaizer Chiefs forward Khama Billiat is currently the PSL’s Most valuable player, with the highest valuation.

80808 – The highest attendance at a match came when Kaizer Chiefs beat arch-rivals Orlando Pirates 3-2 at the FNB Stadium.

546 – The total number of players in the league coming from all 16 teams.

400 – Goals have already been scored in the league this season with an average of 2.17 per match.

184 – The total number of matches played before the Absa Premiership was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa.

111 – The amount of foreign players plying their trade in South Africa, which makes up 20,3% of the players in the league.

27,4 – The average of of footballers playing in the South African top-flight.

24 The 2019-20 is the 24th season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996.

14 – Orlando Pirates striker Gabadinho Mhango is currently the leagues top goal scorer with 14 goals to his name.

10 – The longest winless run is held by Chippa United, who went on a 10 game winless run in the league.

9 – Amakhosi holds the record for the longest unbeaten run in the PSL (nine games).

8 – The longest winning run in the league is held by the Glamour Boys, who went on a winning run of eight games.

7 – Kaizer Chiefs attacking midfielder Lebogang Manyama is currently the top playmaker with seven assists to his name.

6 – Golden Arrows forward Ntsako Makhubela has conceded the most yellow cards in the league with six.

3 – Only three players managed to bag a hat-trick this season, including Polokwane City’s Charlton Mashumba, Chiefs’ Samir Nurkovic and Pirates’ Gabadinho Mhango.

2 – Two players are currently joint top of the clean sheet charts in the form of SuperSport United’s Ronwen Williams and Chiefs’ Daniel Akpeyi.