Sundowns edge closer to another league title after beating 10-man TS Galaxy

Johannesburg — Mamelodi Sundowns are edging closer and closer to winning a record fifth title in a row after they surpassed the 50-point mark following their 3-0 win over TS Galaxy in a DStv Premiership match at Mbombela Stadium on Wednesday night.

With this win, the Brazilians reached 51 points in the league, extending their lead to 18 points ahead of the second-placed Royal AM. It was an important victory that came after a historic weekend in the CAF Champions League as well.

On Saturday, the Brazilians became the first side to beat African champions Al Ahly in their own backyard since 2016. The victory was sweeter that it came against their ex-coach Pitso Mosimane who is yet to win in the group stage so far.

Peter Shalulile’s goal drought also ended tonight. The Namibian scored the third goal with a tap-in from close-range. That was his second contribution after assisting Khuliso Mudau for the opener. He assisted against Al Ahly as well.

Fresh from that win over Al Ahly, Downs wanted to continue with the winning momentum in the league. But that wasn't going to be easy, given that Galaxy were also high on confidence after bagging four points from a possible six pointer.

This game was also going to test Sundowns’ depth and character after they made as many as four changes to the team that defeated Al Ahly. But all eyes were going to be on Kennedy Mweene who was exceptional in goals at the Al Saalam.

Mweene survived an early scare after Brian Onyango made a hospital pass that Augustine Kwem nearly intercepted. But he was quick to come off his line to make the block as he sustained an injury that was treated by the medical team.

Downs adopted an offensive approach, looking to make inroads into Galaxy’s final third.