Birmingham City Reserves 0 Burnley Reserves 0

IN A GAME of few chances neither side was able to break the deadlock as the Clarets returned from St Andrew's with a point to add to their Pontins League Premier Division tally.

Tom Cowan went close for Burnley early on after good work by John Mullin and Alex Kevan down the left.

But the defender's bullet header went just over the bar before Craig Mawson had to be alert at the other end to save well from Daniel Scheppel.

Alan Lee then fired across Ian Bennett in the City goal but Burnley's best chance came and went two minutes before the break.

Matty Heywood headed a Chris Brass corner down into the path of Andy Cooke but from six yards out the striker, pushing for a return to senior action, steered his first-time effort wide of the target.

Second-placed Birmingham pressed in the second half and almost went in front when Craig Fagan beat Mawson but saw his curling shot cannon off the foot of the post and Chris Scott cleared to safety.

Mullin then had a snapshot tipped round the post and Cooke headed straight at Bennett but it was the home side which should have taken all three points 10 minutes from time.

James Dyson's deflected volley following an Eddie Newton cross left Mawson grounded but with the goal at his mercy, Pezos lifted his close-range shot over the bar.

Burnley: Mawson, Scott, Cowan, Brass, Heywood, Kevan, Weller, Mullin, Cooke, Lee, Joy (Devenney 60).

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