Cheltenham Town were beaten 1-0 at Scunthorpe United with John McAtee's first-half strike enough to condemn Michael Duff's men to their sixth defeat of the season.
The Robins remain in the top seven on goal difference ahead of Tuesday's trip to Carlisle United.
Front man Reuben Reid made his comeback from injury as a second-half substitute and Cheltenham finished the match with four strikers on the pitch but they could not find a way past Ian Lawlor in the Iron goal.
It was their seventh successive defeat at Scunthorpe, where they have not scored for 15 years.
Scunthorpe United: I Lawlor; J Gabriel, H McGahey, A Butler, J Bedeau; A Gillead, L Sutton, J Perch, A Eisa; K van Veen (G Miller 90), J McAtee (A Beestin 90). Subs not used: R Watson, R Colclough, L Butroid, D Green, B Liddle.
Cheltenham Town: O Evans; C Raglan, B Tozer, J Greaves; S Long, C Thomas (T Nichols 57), J Doyle-Hayes (A Addai 75), R Broom, C Hussey; L Varney (R Reid 65), A May. Subs not used: F Lapworth, J Debayo, M Sheaf, W Boyle.
Referee: Chris Pollard.
Attendance: 3,159.
Star Man: Charlie Raglan.
See how the action unfolded in our live blog below
Key Events
A frustrating afternoon for Cheltenham Town
Miserable record at Glanford Park continues
Cheltenham Town’s seventh straight defeat at Scunthorpe United
van Veen close to making it 2-0, twice
Just wide with a shot and Greaves then makes an excellent recovering challenge after the front man ran through one-on-one
Pressure on the home side
With four strikers on the pitch, but they can’t find a way through, five minutes left
Superb goalkeeping
79: Astonishing save from Evans to keep out Perch’s header. The Scunthorpe man shakes the goalkeeper’s hand in admiration
Away fans making plenty of noise
As van Veen’s shot flashes wide of the near post, still 1-0 to the home side with 22 minutes left
Eisa chance
60: Scunthorpe break involving van Veen ends with Eisa making room for a shot which flies high over the bar
