11/05/2026
𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐎 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐒’ 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝟑? 🇿🇦🧤
The goalkeeper debate in South Africa has been ongoing for quite some time now..
Many fans believe clean sheets alone do not tell the full story because some goalkeepers face very few shots due to the quality of their defense.
This past weekend’s numbers added even more fuel to the discussion :
🧤 Sipho Chaine vs Magesi FC
📉 Faced the fifth-lowest scoring team in the league
🎯 1 shot on target faced
❌ 0 goals conceded
🧤 Brandon Petersen vs Sekhukhune United
📈 Faced the fifth-highest scoring team in the league
🎯 2 shots on target faced
❌ 0 goals conceded
🧤 Ronwen Williams vs Siwelele FC
📉 Faced the second-lowest scoring team in the league
🎯 6 shots on target faced
⚽️ 4 goals conceded
🧤 Ricardo Goss vs Mamelodi Sundowns
📈 Faced the second-highest scoring team in the league
🎯 13 shots on target faced
⚽️ 7 goals conceded
This is why goalkeeper analysis can never be based on clean sheets alone. Defensive structure, opposition quality, shot volume and match control all matter.
Some goalkeepers dominate because their teams dominate matches while others are constantly tested under pressure.. like Goss for example.
And now the conversation gets even BIGGER.👀
The World Cup is only 30 days away and Hugo Broos must soon decide his final goalkeeper selections.🇿🇦
●Sipho Chaine is breaking PSL records.
●Ronwen Williams remains the established number one.
●Brandon Petersen is quietly building momentum.
●Ricardo Goss continues to face the toughest attacking pressure weekly.
•Meanwhile, Renaldo Leaner is still struggling for regular game time at Sekhukhune United.⏳️
If you were Hugo Broos today… which THREE goalkeepers are you taking to the World Cup?
