Bristol City are now nine games unbeaten at home in the Championship
Bristol City kept their first clean sheet of the season as the Robins and Sheffield Wednesday played out a shot-shy stalemate at Ashton Gate.
Wednesday, looking for successive Championship wins for the first time this season, took 80 minutes to register an effort on target as they looked a shadow of the side that had beaten early pacesetters West Bromwich Albion at the weekend.
What few decent chances there were fell to the home side but when they did breach the visitors' rearguard they found goalkeeper James Beadle in good form.
Beadle, on loan from Brighton, denied Anis Mehmeti, Joe Williams and Mark Sykes, while he also had to be alert to save from his own player, Marvin Johnson, when the midfielder inadvertently diverted a cross towards goal.
Wednesday's only attacking threat came in the closing 20 minutes with Barry Bannan flashing a shot wide of Max O'Leary's left-hand upright before Michael Smith had their only effort on target, but his weak header was comfortably saved.
City might have snatched all three points in injury time but Beadle blocked Sykes' shot as the visitors avoided losing a fourth straight away game.
Bristol City manager Liam Manning told BBC Radio Bristol:
"We've conceded a lot of goals this season so to keep a clean sheet is a massive plus for me.
"I've got a frustrated dressing room that we didn't convert the chances in the first half.
"I don't remember our goalkeeper making a save and we looked really solid, which I couldn't have said four or five games ago."
Liam Manning speaks after Bristol City drew 0-0 with Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"For an away performance it was very strong and we made some small steps forward.
"I have seen in the last four games now we have more togetherness and are better organised and are more nasty against the ball.
"I will not jump in the air and say what a fantastic game but we did what we had to do and it's a good step."
