Two records fall for Orlando Pirates after win over Marumo Gallants

[p]But it was not their only record on the day, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ouaddou-abdeslam/zVIMcak1/"]Abdeslam Ouaddou[/a] became the first coach in the club’s PSL history to go on a 20-game unbeaten run.[/p][p]The win took [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/orlando-pirates/p4SF9EMI/"]Pirates[/a] to within a point of leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mamelodi-sundowns/lxZ6Bzh6/"]Mamelodi Sundowns[/a], with a game in hand, as they made it six wins from seven league games (D1) this season, having still conceded only a single goal.[/p][p]Pirates are unbeaten in their last 20 away matches in all competitions since a 3-0 thumping by St Eloi Lupopo of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Lubumbashi last October in the second round of last season’s CAF Champions League.[/p][image alt="Match statistics" id="0f268770-d1ea-4111-b5da-98266a5d6a6c" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="8c212676-f84f-4fa1-9355-9bda6bce7ca5" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Sundowns went 20 away matches unbeaten between August 2020 and May 2021, when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-ahly/EPsYDm4A/"]Al Ahly[/a] of Egypt ended their streak by beating them 2-0 in Cairo in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.[/p][p]In the PSL era, post-1996, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kaizer-chiefs/fFZ2CGx0/"]Chiefs[/a] set a record of 16 unbeaten away games in all competitions in 1997 and then matched it again the following year.[/p][p]In 2012, SuperSport United set a new record of 17 matches unbeaten on the road, which Chiefs equalled in 2016.[/p][p]Sundowns then broke that record when they went 20 games unbeaten in the 2020/21 season, which included matches in the neutral bio-bubble held in Gauteng during the COVID-19 crisis.[/p][image alt="Match momentum" id="9735700d-6adc-4958-9202-b85705d626bf" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="6da55de9-4d3f-46d5-a2e7-a56c22b8edf4" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Ouaddou also claimed the club record for unbeaten matches home and away.[/p][p]He has one more than [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krol-ruud/MTIl2psi/"]Ruud Krol[/a], who went 19 games unbeaten in 2009, while Ted Dumitru led the club to 17 games unbeaten in 1999, and Kosta Papic achieved the same number in the 2004/05 season.[/p][p]Krol also had another 16-game unbeaten run in the 2010/11 championship season.[/p]