A record number of winless teams in the Betway Premiership this season

[p]Siwelele have the chance to earn their first victory on Wednesday night, but it looks a long shot away at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mamelodi-sundowns/lxZ6Bzh6/"]Mamelodi Sundowns[/a], who are starting to rev their engines after a slow start.[/p][p]They lost there [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/mamelodi-sundowns-lxZ6Bzh6/siwelele-x6s5gTDd/?mid=Kjj8OaYR"]7-4[/a] last season and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-betway-premiership-betway-premiership-club-sacks-coach-and-will-review-performance-of-players/lKwEOJ13/"]fired their coach this week[/a].[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chippa-utd/AiZa0UPS/"]Chippa United[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/richards-bay/noDZhkBM/"]Richards Bay[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/marumo-gallants/Gnghzo3C/"]Marumo Gallants[/a] and promoted [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kruger-united/2BcXneae/"]Kruger United[/a] have also yet to register a win, creating an unwanted record for this campaign.[/p][p]The previous highest number of sides yet to claim a victory after five rounds of the season was four, which occurred on four occasions, in 2000/01, 2001/02, 2003/04 and 2019/20.[/p][image alt="Kruger United sit bottom of the table" id="0e712c3c-c0c8-4b8b-88a6-db8972dd173e" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="8827e1ad-70ae-4885-8912-92b0a3cdca25" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Chippa were also among the teams in that latter season, along with Maritzburg United, now [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/durban-city/jVI6SFig/"]Durban City[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/stellenbosch-fc/fJsWcA5b/"]Stellenbosch FC[/a] and AmaZulu. None of those sides were relegated at the end of the campaign, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/polokwane-city/ADz8rR88/"]Polokwane City[/a] going down instead.[/p][p]Chippa have started this season with four draws and a defeat to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/orlando-pirates/p4SF9EMI/"]Orlando Pirates[/a], while Richards Bay have three draws and two defeats.[/p][p]Siwelele and Gallants have two draws apiece, while Kruger have one, having lost the rest of their matches.[/p][infobox id="6b26ac9e-516b-44ef-ae26-248d15bdf3de" /][p]There are a further five teams, up to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/durban-city/jVI6SFig/"]Durban City[/a] (W1 D3 L1) in seventh place, who have a single win this season after five games. The others are [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ts-galaxy/KUDSx8jo/"]TS Galaxy[/a] (W1 D3 L1), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/golden-arrows/C6CjDdNg/"]Lamontville Golden Arrows[/a] (W1 D3 L1), [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/polokwane-city/ADz8rR88/"]Polokwane City[/a] (W1 D3 L1) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/stellenbosch-fc/fJsWcA5b/"]Stellenbosch[/a] (W1 D2 L2).[/p][p]Seventeen of the 41 games played so far this campaign have ended in draws, a whopping 42%.[/p][infobox id="584d9683-f419-4696-8cb3-c155213092a0" /]