BURNLEY ............. 0 Stalemate hands

Substitutes Rajiv van La Parra - A blatant dive looking for a penalty is not in the spirit of the game - 5 Philip Billing to make an impact on his introduction - 6 Florent Hadergjonaj -Didn’t have long enough to make an impact - NA HUDDERSFIELD Town recorded a second successive Premier League scoreless draw against cross-Pennine rivals Burnley.

It was a game full of endeavour but lacking in any real cutting edge as both sides cancelled each other out with fine defensive displays.

The first-half featured no shots on target for the 2,471 travelling fans to savour, with the secondhalf only faring slightly better – Laurent Depoitre and Tom Ince going close for the visitors.

It leaves David Wagner’s men on nine points from their opening six league games but with Town facing Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Liverpool in the coming weeks, this draw may seem like an opportunity missed in a month’s time.

Ahead of the game, there was just one change to the Huddersfield Town side that drew with Leicester City at the John Smith’s Stadium last weekend – Jonathan Hogg starting his first Premier League game for the club.

The 28-year-old replaced the injured Danny Williams (foot) while Collin Quaner (calf), Steve Mounié (heel), Jon Gorenc Stankovic (knee) and Kasey Palmer (hamstring) were also all missing.

It did mean the welcome sight of forward Depoitre though, overcoming the tightness he felt after his impressive Foxes performance in order to lead the line for the Terriers.

Ahead of kick-off, much was made of the two sides’ similarities resulting in there being little between the rivals in the early exchanges.

However, the physical and aggressive opening saw both Burnley’s Jack Cork and Town’s Abdelhamid Sabiri booked within the opening six minutes for overzealous challenges.

But despite all the endeavour, there were no chances of real note in the opening 45 minutes as both defences were well and truly on top – well-drilled and getting back into defensive formation out of possession quickly and effectively.

It saw the game reduced to halfchances, the best of which fell to the home side – forward Chris Wood meeting Stephen Ward’s dangerous cross only to see his glancing header go wide.

And as the game drew closer to half-time, the ever-impressive Christopher Schindler made a