April 6 2013

Aaron Wilbraham could have won it late on for Palace

Crystal Palace's faltering run for promotion continued after being held to a goalless draw at home to lowly Barnsley.

Relegation-threatened Barnsley - wearing Palace's away kit due to a clash of colours - left Selhurst Park with a hard-earned point.

For the Eagles, they were unable to score for a fourth successive match and are without a win from the last five outings.

The point keeps Palace eight points off Hull City in second and that automatic promotion spot now looks unlikely to be reached.

With five games to go Ian Holloway's side are six points above Leicester in seventh so should be ok for the play-offs. However, boss Holloway will hope the team starts picking wins again or they could be in danger of finishing outside the top six.

He made three changes with Jon Williams, Joel Ward and Andre Moritz starting in place of Stephen Dobbie, Jazz Richards and the injured Kagisho Dikgacoi.

Barnsley stopper Luke Steele kept out Brazilian midfielder Moritz's curling free-kick before blocking an attempt from Glenn Murray in the best of the first half chances.

After the break, Steele denied another Moritz free-kick as Palace turned the screw on their visitors. Dobbie and Wilbraham then came on to try and break the deadlock with the latter having three good chances to score.

Wilbraham shot wide from the edge of the box, put a header just past the post and blazed over the bar to sum up a disappointing day for the Eagles.

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