Coventry City 0-0 Huddersfield Town: Sky Blues extend unbeaten run to eight matches
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Coventry have not lost a game since a 3-2 defeat at Watford on 7 November
Coventry City extended their unbeaten run in the Championship to eight games with a goalless draw at home to Huddersfield Town.
Isaac Mbenza should have given the visitors a 19th-minute lead as he rounded the goalkeeper, but he put his effort into the side-netting.
With eight minutes left Max Biamou thought he had won it for Coventry, but his effort grazed the post and was then cleared off the line via the upright by Rarmani Edmonds-Green.
A minute later Alex Pritchard's curling effort forced a great save out of Sky Blues keeper Ben Wilson as neither side could break the deadlock.
The draw sees 18th-placed Coventry draw level on points with landlords Birmingham City, while the Terriers move up to 14th place on 25 points.
The Sky Blues' defence have kept four clean sheets in their unbeaten run, with the other four games seeing their defence breached just once on each occasion.
In a game where the defences dominated, Mbenza forced a good save out of Wilson two minutes before rounding him and hitting the side-netting, while Coventry saw Ryan Schofield save from Gustavo Hamer and Jamie Allen as the first half came to an end.
Hamer had a header saved 10 minutes after half-time as neither team were able to break through.
Coventry City manager Mark Robins told BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire:
"I'm happy because of the energy that we showed, I thought we looked like we were going to win and I can't believe we didn't.
"But if you can't win it, don't lose it. Ben made a brilliant save in the first half and made one in the second half, other than that I don't think they had too much in terms of clear-cut opportunities.
"I thought it was a different game from the ones we've played recently because it was a real tactical game, I think really the players deserve enormous credit because the energy levels they showed were really high and we performed to a decent level."
Huddersfield Town manager Carlos Corberan told BBC Radio Leeds:
"I'm more than happy with the result. I'm happy with the reaction of the team from the last defeat and I'm pleased about the performance of the players today.
"If we didn't play with this competitive sprit today for me it would have bene very difficult for me to take something positive.
"Of course we wanted to have the three points, but at the same time we had to work a lot today to take this point."
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