Neither side were able to break the stalemate at Ashton Gate and Wolves had to content themselves with a point for their play-off challenge.

Wanderers were forced to make one change - Gibson coming in for Henry who has a knee injury.

The visitors had an early chance when Ebanks-Blake crossed for Gray - in a central position - but his studs got caught in the ground as he tried to shoot.

The former Blackburn man regained his balance and unleashed an effort which Basso saved in acrobatic fashion.

Olofinjana tried a speculative volley from 25 yards that edged just wide of Basso's goal on six minutes.

A poor attempted clearance from McCombe presented Ebanks-Blake with an unexpected opportunity on ten minutes before a tide of red shirts descended into the Bristol area to clear the danger.

The hosts were looking decidedly nervous.

Snappy interplay between Keogh and Jarvis found an opening for the winger but his shot went high over Basso's bar on 18 minutes.

Elokobi blocked from Byfield on 26 minutes as City began to get a foothold in the game.

With ten minutes of the half remaining, a cross from Gray, touched on by Olofinjana, fell to Jarvis but his shot was impressively saved by City's Brazilian keeper.

Hennessey made an excellent double save, first from Skuse then, with his feet after running out of the area, from Brooker to keep the score 0-0.

Half-time City 0 Wolves 0

Carey had the ball in the net but was judged to be offside before Olofinjana saw a curling shot go narrowly wide.

Byfield out-foxed Collins to work his way into a scoring position but fired his shot high over Hennessey's bar on 66 minutes.

The Wolves keeper then missed a long throw and had to save, near the penalty spot, from Sproule.

First Keogh, then Collins from a corner, forced excellent saves from Basso as both sides desperately sought to make the breakthrough.

Brooker found space between Collins and Craddock and hammered a shot that skimmed just over the bar on 74 minutes. A minute later, Eastwood replaced Gray.

Brooker continued to threaten, hitting the side netting.

With just ten minutes left on the clock, a brilliant interception by Skuse denied Olofinjana a sure-fire scoring chance after an impressive run down the left wing by Jarvis.

There were appeals from the visitors when Jarvis was sandwiched between Orr and McCombe in the area but the referee immediately waved play on.

With both sides stepping up the pace in the final few minutes, Elokobi had a shot cleared off the line by Brooker.