Plymouth's League Cup visit to Rye House, due to have taken place on Saturday evening, has been postponed because of rain in the Hertfordshire area.
It is the second time the speedway fixture has been postponed as the original date, a fortnight ago, also fell victim of the weather.
Devils co-promoter Ashley Taylor said: "We had a call from the Rye House promotion before nine o'clock in the morning saying there was rain forecast in the area throughout the morning and afternoon."
A new date has not yet been arranged, but Plymouth have confirmed that their re-arranged League Cup match at Ipswich will go ahead on Thursday May 23.
Somerset, who have completed their six fixtures, currently lead the group but any of the four teams involved could qualify for the semi-finals pending the results of the two outstanding fixtures – Plymouth's visits to Ipswich and Rye House.
The Devil are due to ride the second leg of their Knockout Cup fixture at Newcastle on Sunday evening (6.30 pm).
Newcastle's Steve Worrall will guest for the Devils against Rye House while Nicki Barrett from Berwick will fill the reserve vacancy at Newcastle.
The Devils face a difficult battle to progress after losing 46-44 in the home leg of their first round tie on Friday evening.
They will have to turn around the two-point deficit to earn themselves a quarter-final tie against Edinburgh.
Co-promoter Ashley Taylor says: "We have left ourselves with a bit of work to do, but we have riders in the team who are capable of pulling off an away win.
"Mark Lemon will relish going back to Newcastle where he rode for the last four seasons and his experience will be of benefit to the rest of the team."
Ty Proctor and Cory Gathercole showed impressive form for Plymouth, scoring over half the team's points between them.
But the rest of the side struggled against a sound Newcastle outfit, although reserve Todd Kurtz redeemed himself in heat 14 with a win over Ludvig Lindgren and Lewis Kerr.
That saw the Devils go into a last heat decider, needing a 5-1 for victory on the night.
Proctor did the necessary with his fourth win of the evening to earn the Man of the Match award from sponsors Plymouth Kitchen Company.
But Gathercole overdid things in an attempt to secure second place, allowing Stuart Robson and Christian Henry to pick up the minor positions and secure the away win for Newcastle.
Plymouth: Ty Proctor 14 (5 rides), Chris Schramm 4 (4), Mark Lemon 4+2 (4), Ricky Kling 2 (3), Cory Gathercole 10+1 (5). Reserves: Jake Anderson 2+1 (3), Todd Kurtz 8+1 (6).
Newcastle: Stuart Robson 9+1 (6), rider replacement for Andrew Tully, Christian Henry 11+3 (6), Ludvig Lindgren 9+1 (5), Kyle Newman 7 (5). Reserves: Lewis Kerr 9+1 (5), Steve Worrall 1+1 (3).
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Plymouth Devils speedway knockout cup tie at Rye House rained off
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