Leicester City’s outside hopes of winning the Premier League title suffered a blow after being held to a goalless draw at Midlands rivals Wolves.
Brendan Rodgers’ side lie in third place, four points adrift of league leaders Manchester City, who face champions Liverpool at 16:30 GMT, and also have a further game in hand.
The visitors have an excellent away record this season but were flat for large periods of the contest and failed to fully test Rui Patricio.
The Wolves goalkeeper gathered a couple of drives from James Maddison, but the efforts were from range and kept out comfortably.
Striker Jamie Vardy made his return from injury on the hour mark and almost won it in time added on but headed wide from a promising position.
Wolves had just one shot on target throughout the game though it was the best chance for either side – substitute Fabio Silva’s low strike from close range was superbly kept out by Kasper Schmeichel at full stretch.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side defeated Arsenal last time out but have now won just once in 10 league games and remain 14th in the table.
Lacklustre Leicester held
Leicester stunned English football by claiming a shock Premier League title only five years ago, but will feel this was a missed opportunity in their quest to repeat the feat.
Rodgers’ side extended their run to one defeat in 10 games, but failed to draw level on points with second-placed Manchester United, who were held late on at home by Everton on Saturday.
The draw means Leicester have collected 27 points on their travels this season, the joint most alongside the Red Devils, but a lacklustre showing in front of goal means they failed to score away from home for just the second time this campaign.
Playmaker Maddison attempted to weave his magic but was restricted to strikes from distance, while Kelechi Iheanacho smashed wide from an angle.
Harvey Barnes had a low shot brilliantly blocked by Max Kilman and Vardy – who missed three games because of hernia surgery – almost made a dramatic impact on his return but sent a header wide in the 92nd minute.
Scoring issues for Wolves
Wolves have twice finished seventh since their return to the Premier League in 2018 and are performing below the lofty standards they have set themselves.
Nuno’s side have scored just 23 times in as many games this season, failing to net for the eighth time, and are missing the presence of talismanic striker Raul Jimenez in the opposition area.
Pedro Neto and Adama Traore often got the better of their opposing full-backs but were unable to find a team-mate with their final pass, while January signing Willian Jose barely had a sniff.
Ruben Neves twice blazed over from decent positions in the first half and they could have netted when the ball fell for Silva eight yards out, but his side-footed shot was superbly diverted away by Schmeichel’s outstretched foot.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Squad number11Player nameRui PatrÃcio
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Squad number32Player nameDendoncker
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Squad number16Player nameCoady
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Squad number49Player nameKilman
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Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
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Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
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Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
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Squad number19Player nameJonny
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Squad number37Player nameTraoré
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Squad number12Player nameWillian José
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Squad number7Player namePedro Neto
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Squad number2Player nameHoever
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Squad number17Player nameFábio Silva
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Squad number18Player nameGibbs-White
Leicester City
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Squad number1Player nameSchmeichel
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Squad number21Player nameRicardo Pereira
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Squad number6Player nameEvans
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Squad number4Player nameSöyüncü
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Squad number2Player nameJustin
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Squad number8Player nameTielemans
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Squad number20Player nameChoudhury
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Squad number17Player nameAyoze Pérez
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Squad number10Player nameMaddison
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Squad number15Player nameBarnes
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Squad number14Player nameIheanacho
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Squad number9Player nameVardy
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Squad number11Player nameAlbrighton
Line-ups
Wolves
Formation 3-4-3
- 11Rui PatrÃcio
- 32Dendoncker
- 16Coady
- 49Kilman
- 22Nélson Semedo
- 8NevesBooked at 45mins
- 28João Moutinho
- 19Castro OttoSubstituted forHoeverat 45′minutes
- 37Traoré
- 12Da SilvaSubstituted forFábio Silvaat 61′minutes
- 7NetoSubstituted forGibbs-Whiteat 88′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Hoever
- 17Fábio Silva
- 18Gibbs-White
- 20Vitinha
- 21Ruddy
- 27Saïss
- 42Richards
- 54Otasowie
- 57Lonwijk
Leicester
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Schmeichel
- 21Ricardo Pereira
- 6EvansBooked at 32mins
- 4SöyüncüBooked at 54mins
- 2Justin
- 8Tielemans
- 20Choudhury
- 17PérezSubstituted forAlbrightonat 61′minutes
- 10MaddisonBooked at 62mins
- 15Barnes
- 14IheanachoSubstituted forVardyat 61′minutes
Substitutes
- 9Vardy
- 11Albrighton
- 12Ward
- 18Amartey
- 19Ãœnder
- 24Mendy
- 28Fuchs
- 33Thomas
- 46Daley-Campbell
Live Text
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Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Leicester City 0.
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Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Leicester City 0.
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Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Leander Dendoncker.
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Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Ki-Jana Hoever (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Morgan Gibbs-White replaces Pedro Neto.
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Attempt missed. Ki-Jana Hoever (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
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James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Attempt missed. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
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Hand ball by Adama Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Attempt missed. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
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Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
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Attempt saved. Fábio Silva (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rúben Neves.
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Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Çaglar Söyüncü.
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Attempt blocked. Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Moutinho.
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Attempt blocked. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.
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Attempt missed. Çaglar Söyüncü (Leicester City) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Maddison with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Maximilian Kilman.
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