Charlton Athletic and Queens Park Rangers shared the points in an absorbing 0-0 Championship draw at The Valley, a London derby that lacked only a goal amid long spells of home dominance and a breathless finale.
The hosts created the clearer chances for much of the night, but visiting goalkeeper Joe Walsh repeatedly came to Rangers' rescue before his opposite number Thomas Kaminski was called on to preserve Charlton's clean sheet in stoppage time. With QPR travelling without several key attackers, including top scorer Rumarn Burrell and talisman Ilias Chair, both managers were left with mixed emotions after a contest that each side felt they could have won.
Charlton Set the Early Pace but Waste Their Openings
The tone of a fiercely contested derby was set inside four minutes when Harvey Vale's high boot caught Conor Coady, leaving the Charlton holding midfielder requiring a bandage around his head and the QPR winger booked. Charlton head coach Nathan Jones later described the challenge as dangerous but felt a yellow card was the common-sense decision, preferring not to see a red card for such incidents in the modern game.