Phantoms greeted their new coach, Tim Peacock, with their worst home showing since the start of the season, trailing in a distant second to the Swindon Wildcats on Sunday evening.

Despite a disjointed opening that saw the visitors marginally on top, it was Phantoms who opened the scoring on 15:34 as James Knight crashed on to a neat pass from wing-man James Spurr to deflect home. On 17:32, Wildcats tied the game when Jozef Kohut was left wide open to ghost in and beat Stephen Wall from close in and the well deserved goal heralded a 32 second spell of defensive suicide as Kohut and linemate Jason Cassells were both gifted simple close range finishes to end the period 1-3 in favour of the Wildcats.

Phantoms found a little more energy in the second period and pulled a goal back via James Spurr on 23:11 but, for the most part, the Wildcats D was controlling their zone with Jan Krajicek in imposing form and Chris Douglas in typical athletic mode between the pipes.

The home side needed an early strike in the final period but struggled to create any sustained offensive play and a powerplay goal from Danilics on 50:07 was more than merited as Wildcats ran out comfortable 2-4 winners.

Phantoms man of the match went to James Knight.