Peter Shalulile within grasp of breaking Collins Mbesuma's 17-year PSL record

Mamelodi Sundowns are one point from sealing the deal as DStv Premiership champions and could be celebrating that feat as soon as Wednesday evening.

The Brazilians welcome Cape Town City to Loftus Versfeld (19:30) four days after being eliminated from the CAF Champions League.

A 3-2 aggregate defeat to Angolan side Petro de Luanda will be fresh in the players' minds. Still, Sundowns will want to ensure they bag league honours before their Nedbank Cup semi-final battle against Royal AM over the weekend.

One player that will be zealous and warming his hands together will be star striker, Peter Shalulile.

The Namibian international has netted 21 goals in the Premiership and 27 in all competitions.

With the scoring form that Shalulile has had this season, it is widely expected that he will claim the Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot with the second-highest goalscorer in the league, Victor Letsoalo netting only 16 goals so far.

21: Shalulile (Mamelodi Sundowns)

14: Letsoalo (Royal AM)

10: Eva Nga (Chippa Utd)

8: Macuphu (Royal), Mdantsane (Cape Town City)

7: Dolly (Kaizer Chiefs), Gabuza (SuperSport), Memela (AmaZulu), Ndlondlo (Marumo Gallants), Ohizu (Sekhukhune Utd), Du Preez (Stellenbosch)

Despite the glamour of earning a golden boot, Shalulile is on the cusp of something extraordinary.

The former Highlands Park forward could break a long-standing record in the remaining five league games.

During the 2004/05 season, Collins Mbesuma netted 25 goals, breaking the previous goalscoring record held by Wilfred Mugeyi for Bush Bucks in the 1996/97 campaign.

That feat has remained intact for 17 years.

Shalulile is five goals shy of breaking that record and has five games to do that in, with City coming up first on Wednesday.

After that, matches