Roy Hodgson’s winning start to his second Bristol City spell ended with a frustrating draw at Queens Park Rangers.
The visitors dominated early on and created enough chances to win, but QPR goalkeeper Joe Walsh kept them at bay.
Meanwhile, the hosts extended their unbeaten run to five games.
But both sides will be frustrated as their already slim hopes of making the Championship play-offs look over with the gap to the top six now eight points.
It was a slow start, but Jonathan Varane squandered a decent early opening for Rangers when he failed to connect with an Amadou Mbengue cross from the right.
He chested the ball into keeper Radek Vitek’s path, when meaningful contact could have tested him.
At the other end, Walsh was forced into the first save after 15 minutes, stopping a low Mark Sykes low effort after a short corner created space at the edge of the area.
QPR offered little in attack and City were the side making most of the running.
After thwarting Scott Twine from distance, Walsh made a double save to deny Sykes and Emil Riis in the area on the stroke of half-time.
Soon after, Walsh was on hand to parry Twine strike from distance after the Bristol City man found space on the edge of the area.
As the game approached the hour mark, QPR began to find their feet. Rayan Kolli’s low cross eventually found Paul Smyth, but he could only slice the ball over the bar.
After struggling in the first half, Rangers were looking the more likely as the minutes ticked by, but a lack of cutting edge ultimately cost both sides.
