Luton Town 0-0 Blackburn Rovers: Rovers stay second in Championship after goalless draw at Luton
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Kal Naismith went close for Luton in a goalless first half
Blackburn Rovers stayed in the Championship's top two despite being held by Luton Town in a drab goalless draw.
Luton came closest to breaking the deadlock in the 40th minute when forward Cameron Jerome struck the post.
The Hatters had earlier gone close on 30 minutes through Kal Naismith, who dragged an effort narrowly wide .
Rovers, who created little, are now just one point clear of third-place Bournemouth having played a game more.
Blackburn were missing Championship top scorer Ben Brereton-Diaz, who is stilll on international duty with Chile.
Tony Mowbray's side's suffered another blow in attack when striker Sam Gallagher went off with concussion shortly after half-time.
The visitors rarely troubled Luton, who jumped up to 10th, six points off the top six.
Nathan Jones' team also created little in the second period and seemed content with a draw at full-time.
Luton Town manager Nathan Jones told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"We should have won the game because we had two glorious chances first half. Conditions really played a part. I didn't realise how windy it was.
"The amount of games we have had as well, you try to freshen things up, so you are always going to be missing that spark.
"We tried to win it late on but I'm really pleased. It has been a 10-point month plus the FA Cup win - I would have taken that all day long."
Blackburn Rovers manager Tony Mowbray told BBC Radio Lancashire:
"The game was absolutely shocking to be honest. I haven't seen many worse football matches.
"But it was blood and thunder, it was guts. The officials had a really shocking day as well.
"The team is losing some very key footballers at the moment. It looked like a team of kids playing up front. Take the point, put it in the bag, move on. We have a clean sheet, there is a positive."
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