Wolves 1 (Bothroyd 22)
Bristol City 1 (Fontaine 27)
After taking a deserved lead midway through the first-half, Wolves were soon pegged back by high-flying Bristol City and, in the end, had to be satisfied with a share of the spoils from a competitive contest played out in front of the biggest Molineux crowd of the season.
Andy Keogh returned to the starting line-up in place of Freddy Eastwood who was named as a substitute.
An early challenge on Kevin Foley resulted on a Wolves' free-kick from the right but when Jay Bothroyd planted the ball into the middle, it was headed clear.
Bothroyd figured again after Michael Kightly had played the ball back to him but the striker was high and wide with a shot on the turn from 20-yards out.
Louis Carey blocked after Stephen Ward had broken through into the City box and then Liam Fontaine intercepted a Bothroyd pass to Ward in the heart of the City area as Wolves continued to press.
A rare misplaced pass from Foley almost led to City breaking through but Jody Craddock got in a perfectly timed tackle on Michael McIndoe who had been played in by Lee Trundle.
But the attacking play was still coming mostly from Wolves and they deservedly moved ahead in the 22nd minute following a Kightly corner.Adriano Basso fisted clear off the head of Darren Ward and Marvin Elliott hooked the loose ball away.
But it only went to the edge of the box where Bothroyd was waiting to deliver a low shot past the Brazilian keeper.
Within a minute Stephen Ward was inches away from making it two - his header from Kightly's cross beating Basso but landing on the roof of the City net.
Fontaine went into the book after catching Kightly with a late challenge with Basso diving to save Bothroyd's driven 25-yard free-kick.
But, against the run of play, City pulled level in the 27th minute. A disputed free- kick following Neill Collins' challenge on Ivan Sproule, was taken by McIndoe and his ball into the middle was headed home by the unmarked Fontaine.
There was a chance for Stephen Ward moments later but his shot was blocked at close range by Bradley Orr after Basso had 'lost' a cross from Kightly.
Keogh from well inside his own half, ran deep into City territory before picking out Stephen Ward who drilled a low shot narrowly wide from just outside the area.
Darren Ward then saw his shot deflected wide for a corner after a Kightly centre. And the half ended with Kightly's free-kick being cleared after he had been fouled by Lee Johnson on the Wolves right.
Half-Time: Wolves 1 Bristol City 1
Darren Byfield went close within two minutes of the resumption when he beat Darren Ward before hammering a shot into the side netting.
Then a Kightly free-kick sailed straight through to Basso after Bothroyd had been fouled by Carey 30-yards out and in a central position.
On 53 minutes, Wayne Hennessey plucked the ball out of the air after diving to his left when Elliott let fly with a volley from all of 35-yards.
Sproule was booked after he had lost possession to Kightly and then fouled the winger before, from a City corner, Keogh took advantage of a mistake by Orr and sprinted down the left channel.
The visiting defence was struggling to get back but Keogh's intended pass for Bothroyd, who would have been clean through, was cut out by Jamie McAllister.
A spate of bookings followed - Keogh and Elliott for a midfield confrontation, Kightly for dissent after he had fouled McIndoe and Carey for a bodycheck on Kightly.
Matt Jarvis was sent on in place of Bothroyd with a little under a quarter of the match remaining, with Stephen Ward moving inside to partner Keogh in attack.
Basso comfortably dealt with a Kightly chip but the keeper had to be at his best in tipping over a Darren Ward header following Kightly's corner.
City substitute David Noble fired over the bar from a good position and when Seyi Olofinjana's shot was blocked, Jarvis drove the rebound straight to Basso.
In stoppage time Johnson's header was uncomfortably close to giving the Robins a winner as the ball flew wide after Johnson had pumped a free-kick into the home area.
Wolves: Hennessey, Foley, N. Collins, Olofinjana, D. Ward, Craddock (capt), Kightly (Potter 81), Henry, Keogh, Bothroyd (Jarvis 69), S. Ward (Eastwood 84).
Unused subs: Little, Stack.
Bookings: Keogh (62 - foul), Kightly (64 - dissent).
City: Basso, Orr, McAllister, Carey (capt), McIndoe, Trundle (McCombe 88), Elliott, Sproule (Murray 69), Johnson, Fontaine, Byfield (Noble 78).
Unused subs: Skuse, Henderson.
Bookings: Fontaine (25 - foul), Sproule (57 - foul), Byfield (62 - ungentlemanly conduct), Carey (65 - foul).
Referee: K. Friend.
Attendance: 26,094.
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