PETALING JAYA: The Penang Panthers are well on their way to proving the football soothsayers wrong.

Instead of languishing at the wrong end of the Super League table, newly promoted Penang are hogging the spotlight as the third team in the standings behind Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) and Terengganu.

They have silenced their critics with their superb run to accumulate 28 points from 16 games. Leaders JDT have 42 points while second placed Terengganu have 34