Cardiff City's miserable home form continued with yet another defeat in a game they should have won against Coventry City.
They squandered a host of chances and were made to pay on the half hour when the unmarked Jay Tabb rolled the ball into an empty net.
They even missed a penalty in time added on when Darren Purse struck the crossbar after Warren Feeney had been brought down in the area.
There was no place in the Bluebirds' starting line-up or even on the bench for Robbie Fowler and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and the only change came at full-back where Chris Gunter replaced the injured Kevin McNorton.
Former Bluebird Julian Gray was in the Sky Blues midfield while Robert Page was on the bench.
Steve MacLean had two chances to open the scoring in the first five minutes but failed to trouble the Coventry keeper on either occasion.
In the 20th minute Cardiff should have taken the lead from a MacLean close-range header, but Dimitrios Konstantopoulos held the ball on his goal-line.
In the 35th minute, the visitors went ahead when Leon McKenzie crossed to the unmarked Tabb, who side-footed home into the empty net.
They could have doubled their lead six minutes later when Dele Adebola out-witted Roger Johnson before sending his cross shot wide of the far post.
The Bluebirds had plenty of possession in the second half but, once again, failed to trouble the visitors' goal.
Coventry was dangerous on the break and the busy Tabb flipped a long pass out to McKenzie on the hour, but his shot went beyond the far post.
Cardiff brought on all three subs and put Johnson at the front but, when Feeney was brought down in time added on for the second home match in succession, they missed the chance of gaining a draw by failing from the spot.