Leicester Lions' search for a first away win of the season continues after they suffered a 48-40 defeat at Swindon Robins.
The Elite League meeting on Thursday should have ended with some reward for the Rapid Solicitors Lions but, like so many other times this season, it finished with a nil-point return.
Once again, the match stats pointed firmly to where the blame lay.
The Lions were first over the line in eight of their 15 heats compared with the Robin's seven, yet recorded nine last-place zeros to the home side's three.
Leicester had Richard Lawson guesting at number five for Patrick Hougaard and Sam Masters for Simon Stead at number two, while Joe Jacobs replaced Tom Perry at reserve.
The first three heats were shared 3-3, Jason Doyle taking the first for the Lions, Steve Worrall and Troy Batchelor with the second and third for the Robins.
Heat four reshaped the meeting as it took three attempts to complete and led to three riders taking no further part in the match.
Dakota North, the Robins' recent Australian acquisition, lost control on bend three and cleared up Masters.
North was excluded but was unfit to continue and withdrew from the meeting.
There was a delay while the fence was repaired and then came the second attempt.
Masters shot out of the gate but, as Max Clegg tried to join him, he lost control and took out Nathan Greaves.
It was a nasty-looking crash and the ambulance was soon on the scene for both riders.
Clegg was excluded but neither rider was fit to continue and both were withdrawn.
The final attempt saw Masters lead home the remaining rider, Steve Worrall, for a 3-2 win and a one-point lead for the Lions.
Heat five saw Batchelor and Peter Kildemand post a 5-1 for the Robins, and heat six saw Doyle and Lawson do the same for the Lions.
Heat seven saw the Robins move back into a 21-20 lead as Simon Gustafsson led the way to a 4-2 with Worrall. It was a lead they were never to lose.
Heat nine, again competed by just two riders as no one else was eligible, saw Worrall lead home Jacobs.
Heats 11 and 12 were a disaster for the Lions as the Robins took maximum 5-1s, running up a 10-point lead.
In the first, Nicolai Klindt gated first and, with Batchelor protecting him in second, the Lions pairing of Doyle and Lasse Bjerre could make no impression.
Gustafsson and Worrall then took the second as Jacobs was third after Masters' bike packed up on lap one.
Doyle won heat 13 but received no back-up from Lawson, while Bjerre won heat 14. To get a point from the meeting, the Lions needed a 4-2 win in the last race.
With Doyle and Korneliussen taking part, there was hope among the travelling supporters, but it was not to be.
Doyle did his part winning the heat, but Leicester skipper Korneliussen could only come home in last place.
Swindon 48: S Worrall 14+2, S Gustafsson 11+1, Troy Batchelor 10+3, P Kildemand 7+2, N Klindt 6, D North 0, N Greaves 0.
Leicester 40: J Doyle 13, M Korneliussen 9, J Jacobs 5+1, L Bjerre 5, R Lawson 3+2, S Masters 3, M Clegg 2.
