LEEDS AND MIDDLESBOROUGH battled to a 0-0 draw at Elland Road on Friday as the Championship promotion chasers cancelled each other out.
Table-toppers Leeds went into the clash between the Championship’s top two sitting ahead of Middlesbrough on goal difference and they retained that position after a tense encounter.
Both sides remain unbeaten after six matches of their race towards the Premier League, with third-placed Bolton able to close the gap on them to one point if they win at Preston on Saturday.
Middlesbrough threatened first when Jonny Howson dribbled his way through the Leeds defence before unloading a curling effort that was well saved by Bailey Peacock-Farrell.
Britt Assombalonga should have put Middlesbrough ahead from the resulting corner, but the striker nodded over from a good position.
Leeds gradually began to take charge and Middlesbrough’s Adam Clayton cleared off the line against his former club when he scrambled away Luke Ayling’s header from a Barry Douglas corner.
Kemar Roofe appealed for a penalty after going down under a challenge from Daniel Ayala, but the Leeds striker’s protests were waved away.
Jack Harrison curled narrowly wide after the interval as Leeds kept pressing, but neither team could find a winner.
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