Assessing the list of one of the most prolific season for attacking players in the PSL, two players stand out; Samir Nurković and Peter Shalulile are two players with near similar attributes, traditional no 9s with their team's interest always the priority. In the 2019-20 PSL season, Shalulile won the Lesley Manyathela Golden Boot - and Nurković scored 16 and 13 goals, respectively. Their strikes steam-rolled a title charge for one team and maintained top division status (later sold) for the other.

In a nutshell; these are two very versatile centre forwards. They can hold up play to bring in their teammates and also run into spaces in behind; in an attempt to stretch defences to create goalscoring chances. We will look at some of the attributes that make them stand out from most centre forwards in the league.

On The Break

Peter Shalulile is usually highly energetic and willing runner. Especially when there's running space behind; he is always ready to run the miles to assist his team in getting into threatening positions in behind, with curved and well-timed runs from central areas to inside wide channels. In the image below, you can see Shalulile making a run into the right inside channel, with the opposition defender's eyes solely fixed on the ball - unaware of Shalulile making a run on his blind side.