SuperSport had more scoring chances, but a team that has found the net only 12 times in 22 league matches once again failed to convert any.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They have 22 points with eight matches to play, and lying 15th means they occupy the position that takes the incumbents into play-offs with two second division sides for one Premiership spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bottom club Royal AM have not played since December due to financial problems and are facing automatic relegation having won just once this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bid to sell the club based in eastern city Pietermaritzburg to new owners this week reportedly flopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cape Town slipped one place to 14th, with local Diogo Peral their third coach this season after former South Africa international Eric Tinkler and Turk Muhsin Ertugral were sacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Caretaker SuperSport coach Andre Arendse, the goalkeeper when South Africa hosted and won the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations, was upbeat despite the precarious position of the Pretoria club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ab\u00a0We were comfortable in possession and passed well, but the season-long problem of not taking our scoring opportunities remains,\u00a0\u00bb he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ab\u00a0I do not believe there is too much to fix. This is a talented squad and we will get out of the relegation zone.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peral said he was satisfied with an away point that kept Cape Town two points above SuperSport, although the draw stretched a winless run to 11 matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ab\u00a0We will take the point, but things have to change. We have got to start winning matches, otherwise the threat of relegation looms.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Relegation carries heavy financial penalties. Premiership clubs receive a 2.5 million rand ($135,000\/\u20ac125,000) monthly grant while second division clubs get 750,000 rand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a9 Agence France-Presse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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