Hibernian are well-placed to reach the Conference League proper for the first time - despite Owen Elding's missed penalty - after holding KAA Gent to a goalless draw in their play-off round first leg in Belgium.
The Scottish Premiership side would surely have taken such a result pre-match, but when Elding was gifted the chance to score from the penalty spot after 15 minutes, they must have been dreaming even bigger.
However, the 20-year-old Hibs forward had his effort superbly saved by Davy Roef after Warren O'Hora was clattered in the box.
It was the only noteworthy event of a low-quality first half.
For all of Gent's dominance in possession, they did very little with it, until they turned the screw after the hour.
Wide-man Tiago Araujo audaciously tried his luck from just inside Hibs' half, though his Kenny McLean-esque effort just drifted wide.
That was before former Falkirk loanee Kyrell Wilson - completely unmarked - got his feet all tangled and touch all wrong with a gaping goal waiting for him inside the six-yard box and Mathias Delorge nodded wide.
But, David Gray's side were defensively strong and will be quietly confident of completing their early-season objective of creating history in next Thursday's second leg at Easter Road.