Bristol City 1-1 Fulham

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Bobby Reid scored his 16th Championship goal of the season for Bristol City

Bristol City held fellow play-off contenders Fulham to a draw to pick up a third successive Championship point.

On-loan Newcastle striker Aleksandar Mitrovic opened the scoring with his first goal for Fulham, poking in Cyrus Christie's cross at the back post.

But Robins' top-scorer Bobby Reid tucked Josh Brownhill's pass beyond Marcus Bettinelli to equalise.

The two sides cancelled each other out in the second half as Fulham extended their unbeaten run to 11 matches.

The stalemate sees both sides remain where they were in the Championship table, with Fulham fifth and Bristol City sixth, now two points ahead of Sheffield United.

However, another draw, following late collapses against Sunderland and Leeds, means Lee Johnson's side have still managed just one win in 2018.

Despite only mustering one shot on target, the hosts perhaps had the better chances to nick it, with Hordur Magnusson heading Ryan Kent's free-kick narrowly wide and Reid failing to get on the end of a Famara Diedhiou knock-down.

Mitrovic, meanwhile, could not quite reach a teasing cross from Ryan Sessegnon and Slavisa Jokanovic's in-form side were left to settle for a point.

Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic told BBC Radio London:

"It was a different kind of game - very hard, but we tried to follow our style, move the ball but we didn't find enough space.

"They pressed us and put us under a strong press. We had chances to win the game, and they had some too.

"It's not an easy place to play. Some of the more important teams from the Premier League didn't find enough space to move the ball. We cannot be completely satisfied as we came here to win the game."

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