Burnley FC 0-0 Leeds United: FLW report as promotion-chasers settle for a point | OneFootball

Report, ratings and reaction from Turf Moor as Leeds United travel to Burnley.

Burnley and Leeds United played out a 0-0 draw at Turf Moor as two of the Championship's heavyweights cancelled each other out.

Leeds entered the game looking to breach a record-breaking Burnley defence, but couldn't do that, going close through Dan James' late effort, but seeing the best of James Trafford to tip his shot over the crossbar.

Post-match on Friday night, after Sheffield United were thumped 3-0 by Hull City, Neil Warnock predicted on Sky Sports that these two might shake hands, settle for a point and not bother playing tonight. The contest had more than a hint of that.

Burnley FC 0-0 Leeds United

Defences on top at Turf Moor

The first-half didn't bring a single shot on target, with Jayden Bogle and Dan James both snatching at opportunities for Leeds.

Burnley, meanwhile, saw two Zian Flemming headers trickle off-target and another shot lashed over the crossbar.

That significant lack of chances rolled into the second-half, with Joe Rodon, Maxime Esteve and CJ Egan-Riley continuing to impress.

Ilia Gruev tried to catch James Trafford out with a wind-assisted corner that nestled into the side-netting, which prompted Daniel Farke to turn to his bench for Mateo Joseph and Largie Ramazani.

Scott Parker did the same with Jeremy Sarmiento, but those changes were all like-for-like, with neither promotion-chasing side seemingly willing to gamble too much on a weekend where Sheffield United and Sunderland both dropped points.

Josh Cullen threw himself in front of a Bogle shot before James' rasping drive forced Trafford to tip over his crossbar - the game's only shot on target in the dying embers of a contest nobody wanted to really lose, and didn't.

Player Ratings

Burnley FC

Leeds United

Illan Meslier - 6

Jayden Bogle - 7

Joe Rodon - 8

Ethan Ampadu - 7

Sam Byram - 6

Ilia Gruev - 6 (Josuha Guilavogui - n/a)

Ao Tanaka - 7

Dan James - 6

Brenden Aaronson - 5

Manor Solomon - 5 (Largie Ramazani - 5)

Joel Piroe - 4 (Mateo Joseph - 4)

Subs (not used)

Karl Darlow

Junior Firpo

Joe Rothwell

Willy Gnonto

Isaac Schmidt

Max Wober

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Burnley v Leeds United attendance

21,329

Championship table

Leeds top, three points clear of third-placed Burnley

Daniel Farke's reaction

Leeds boss happy with a point

"A good result for us, a good point on the road. I'm pleased with our defensive behaviour and happy with the clean sheet.

"It's a really difficult game here, two of the best sides in the league against each other. Difficult circumstances as well with the weather. Burnley are on a massive unbeaten run, especially in home games. If you then come away with a point and a clean sheet on the road, it's always a good result.

"A game of little mistakes. Both teams without crucial mistakes. I'm happy with how we controlled their processes against the ball. With the ball, I wish in the final third and around the box we were more confident, committed and, if you play such a good defensive side, when a chance comes along, you have to be more on it.

"You can't say it was an unbelievable advertisement today. I wouldn't say it was the nicest piece of football. But that's often the case when two of the best sides in the league play against each other."

Scott Parker's reaction

"It always smelt a bit of 0-0"

"It was always going to pan out that way. No denying that we are playing against a very good side tonight. Leeds are a top side.

"The two match-ups tonight are that you are a side with massive attacking intent that have scored goals at will at times this year, playing against a side on the reverse of that who have been nothing short of remarkable defensively. It always smelt a bit of a 0-0.

"I'm happy with that point. We came with full intentions of trying to win the game, we wanted to cause Leeds a problem and had the belief we could win the game. It was always going to be a difficult game for us.

"First-half we had our moments and had some good bits, but we lacked a tiny bit with some loose balls. Second-half, the game goes away from us. They (Leeds) proved dominant without causing us too many problems.