A walk in the park: Rampant Sundowns break another PSL record in convincing Royal AM win

A dominant Mamelodi Sundowns quickly dismantled and annihilated Royal AM to earn an emphatic 5-1 DStv Premiership victory at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Tuesday, which pushes the Tshwane giants closer to being crowned champions.

The win also saw the Brazilians again write their name in the Premier Soccer League history books. It was an eleventh straight home win, ending a 24-year long-standing record (10 home wins) the club set in 1999, according to Opta Jabu.

11 - This is Sundowns' 11th straight home league win, a new PSL record, eclipsing the 10 game run held by Paul Dolezar's Sundowns in 1999. Territory. #DSTVPrem pic.twitter.com/t4HSGcLhVU

Masandawana are league champions-elect for a record sixth consecutive season. Still, they are not mathematically crowned yet, despite second-placed SuperSport United being 20 points behind them in the standings, with a game in hand.

Their Tshwane neighbours and rivals would have to win all their remaining matches and rely on Sundowns to lose all their league fixtures to be crowned champions, which looks improbable at this point in the season.

Sundowns could be declared champions in their next league match if they claim three points against Cape Town City (April 1) and SuperSport fail to win against Orlando Pirates this weekend or against Chippa United (April 1).

That would mean another PSL record ticked off if they are to reach that achievement - winning the league title in 24 league games, a feat they are desperately chasing.

Earliest title win

Total league games won

PSL title wins

The league points record

Best goal difference

Fewest goals conceded

Biggest title-winning points margin

Mokwena gives 16-year-old PSL taste

It has only been less than 72 hours since Downs’ last match, which was