BURNLEY stretched their unbeaten Championship run to six games with a well earned point at Hillsborough.

In doing so they ended Sheffield Wednesday’s five match winning streak in front of their own fans, which showed what a tough task this was for the Clarets.

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But a point maintains Burnley’s impressive run of form, which has mostly come against teams competing at the top end of the Championship,

Deadline day signing James Tarkowski wasn’t registered in time for this fixtures, and he will have to go some to have more of an impact than the Clarets first addition from Brentford this season, Andre Gray.

Gray scored his first Burnley goal in the final minutes of the 3-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday at Turf Moor back in September.

Since then he’s hardly stopped, and tonight’s goal takes him to 18 in 25 for the Clarets, and 35 in the Championship since making his debut at this level at the start of last term.

To put that into perspective Jordan Rhodes has scored 31 league goals in that time.

But it wasn’t enough to earn Burnley another three points on the road on the back of fine victories at MK Dons and Brentford.

The early goal rocked Wednesday, who had to battle to get back in the game, with a restless Hillsborough becoming more and more agitated before the Owls levelled in the second half.

The hosts grew into the game but were kept at bay by a strong Burnley rearguard, with the Clarets having the clearer chances, although they were at a premium for both sides.

Gray had a sighter inside the first minute, stinging the palms of Keiren Westwood from 25 yards, and within four minutes he had found the back of the net.

Sam Vokes turned his man from Matt Lowton’s throw-in and squared for Gray who had the easiest of finishes, tapping home from two yards out.

The Owls looked to respond but, despite seeing more of the ball, they struggled to break down a resilient Burnley, with Atdhe Nuhiu first volleying out for a throw, then heading 15 yards wide, before Clarets old boy Ross Wallace sent a low curling effort straight at Tom Heaton.

Scott Arfield had a chance to double the advantage on the half hour. After Stephen Ward and George Boyd linked up to get the latter in down the left, he pulled the ball back to Arfield who turned a shot over the bar from 12 yards.

That was a rare foray forward for Burnley, who were weathering a revival from Wednesday, and doing it well.

Fernando Forestieri had a shot from 20 yards deflected wide, and Hooper almost turned the corner home, before Wallace tried his luck once more, fizzing a 25-yard shot just a yard over the crossbar.

And Forestieri, a £3million signing from Watford in the summer, was becoming increasingly influential, as Heaton held a shot from 16 yards from the Italian towards the end of the first period.

After Burnley had scored early in the first half it was the turn of Wednesday in the second.

And it was too easy for the Owls to equalise. Barry Bannan’s cross was headed down by Nuhiu and Kieran Lee’s run from midfield had gone untracked as he was given the freedom of the six-yard box to knock his effort beyond Heaton.

Vokes should have restored Burnley’s advantage midway through the half.

Matty Taylor, on for Boyd, picked him out at the back post but the Wales international sidefooted wide from six yards out.

At the other end Wallace again tested Heaton from distance, before Arfield saw a shot from a Barton free-kick that was half cleared saved by Westwood.

And in the final seconds Rouwen Hennings volleyed goalwards, but it was straight at Westwood who saved well as both sides had to settle for a point.