Mamelodi Sundowns' shaky CAF Champions League campaign has overshadowed a perfect start by head coach Miguel Cardoso in the Betway Premiership, as he has caught up with a start by Manqoba Mngqithi.
Even though Sundowns had their shaky moments in the CAF Champions League, with their only loss against Raja Casablanca coming under Cardoso, the defeat remains his only loss since taking over from Manqoba Mngqithi.
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The manner in which the Brazilians qualified, needing a draw against FAR Rabat in the last group game to make it through to the quarter-finals, has overshadowed the Portuguese's perfect start in the Betway Premiership.
The former Esperance mentor has won his first four league games after a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Magesi on Wednesday, a week after he was named Coach of the Month for November and December.
Cardoso's predecessor Mngqithi won his first four league matches as a new head coach at the beginning of the season before a 1-0 defeat to Polokwane City, as another league win for the 52-year-old would mean he has made a better start in the league than the KwaZulu-Natal native tactician.
Former Sundowns coach Rulani Mokwena made a big impact after he was elevated to a sole head coach position in October 2022.
Mokwena won 11 league games in a row from his first match as a head coach, a 5-0 trouncing of Maritzburg United, before a 1-1 draw by Stellenbosch ended his invincibility.
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However, the 38-year-old coach finished the 2022/23 unbeaten in the Premiership in a span of 20 games he was in charge of.
Cardoso has made a better start in the league than Mngqithi and Mokwena after they took over from Pitso Mosimane as co-coaches at the beginning of the 2020/21.
Mngqithi and Mokwena dropped points in their second game in charge, although they almost finished the campaign unbeaten, as their first defeat came only in April 2021 after a surprise 2-1 loss to limping Kaizer Chiefs, who were still suffering the effects of a transfer ban.
