Mamelodi Sundowns are the team nobody really wants to face. Kabo Yellow will be home to Royal AM at the Loftus Versfeld for a Betway Premiership match.
BETWAY PREMIERSHIP: MAMELODI SUNDOWNS VS ROYAL AM
After three wins out of three, including the big 2-1 victory over Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium, Sundowns are looking to make it four wins on the bounce. Standing in the way are a winless Royal AM after three matches.
WHERE TO WATCH THE MATCH?
According to Sundowns’ X account, the match will be live on SuperSport’s channel 202.
PETER SHALULILE SCORES FOR SUNDOWNS AGAINST GOLDEN ARROWS
Mamelodi Sundowns supporters and staff are relieved. Peter Shalulile finally scored to end an eight-month drought.
Having lost scored February in the CAF Champions League against TP Mazembe, the 30-year-old striker finally hit the net in last weekend’s 5-0 win over Golden Arrows in the Carling Knockout.
COACH MANQOBA MNQITHI DELIGHT
“I think we have made it obvious that we have a responsibility to support Peter,” Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqthi told journalists at the post-match conference.
“We have done everything we can, even sometimes playing him in matches where he could be tired because we thought if he can have some minutes, he might score a goal and break that curse.
“I was just too happy for him. I had to celebrate the goal because this boy is such a good professional.
“He gives everything to the team, he works very hard, always being in the right spaces, and he is always willing to help the team. When you see him struggling to get that goal, you can see now that he is playing with a lot of anxiety.
“But for whatever reason for this match, he looked very sharp. He looked like when he went to Namibia he came back with something, because he really looked very sharp.
The Sundowns tactician added: “It’s very important for me that Peter is in top form because we are going to need all the strikers going forward,” he said, praising his players for having their teammate’s back during his dark period.
“The support he has been getting from the team in general has been very good, and you saw it in the way they all celebrated his goal. I love this group because they are very sensible human beings, compassionate, and they have empathy.
“They were also sympathising with him during those hard moments. So, it was exciting to see the reaction after he scored,” concluded the Sundowns mentor.
WILL SUNDOWNS WIN ANOTHER LEAGUE TITLE?
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