Brentford 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Hosts Brentford were unable to breach Sheffield Wednesday's defence.

Championship rivals Brentford and Sheffield Wednesday fought out an entertaining 0-0 draw at Griffin Park.

The Bees thought they had taken the lead in the 10th minute but Andre Gray's side-footed finish from Jota's cross was ruled out for offside.

In the dying seconds, Owls substitute Royston Drenthe's free-kick brought a save from goalkeeper David Button.

But in the end neither side had the cutting edge to break down two resolute defences in an end-to-end encounter.

Brentford, who slip to 12th in the table, headed into the match off the back of a 0-0 draw with Wigan and pressured the visitors for the first 25 minutes.

Wednesday, who are now without a win in four league games, worked their way back in an action-packed opening half, with Stevie May hitting the post with a volley from Chris Maguire's 36th-minute free-kick.

After the break, Owls midfielder Jose Semedo almost put through his own net and team-mate Liam Palmer headed Jonathan Douglas's near-post header off the line before the visitors embarked on a 15-minute spell of pressure.

However, Brentford finished the strongest and were left to rue a number of missed chances as Jota blazed over the best chance of the game and substitute Nick Proschwitz squandered two clear-cut chances right at the death.

Wednesday drop to 13th, but remain one point behind Brentford, four points off the play-off places.

Brentford manager Mark Warburton: "We believe Andre was onside when he scored and the video backs that up, but there is little we can do about it after the event.

"For 25 to 30 minutes we were excellent. It was the second end-to-end type game we've had this week but we have to be more clinical and we have to take our chances.

"It is all about fine margins at this level, but we are creating chances and that is the main thing. We will keep working to get it right."

Sheffield Wednesday manager Stuart Gray: "Not many teams will come to Brentford and keep a clean sheet.

"They put us under a lot of pressure but in the last 25 minutes of the first half we dominated the game and we created chances, but Brentford break quickly.

"To be honest, how it's ended up goalless I don't know.

"We could have lost the game at the end when the lad (Nick) Proschwitz had a chance, but a draw is probably a fair result in the end."