Follow live coverage as Burnley face Preston North End in the Championship today. An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

Other than a few half-hearted fisticuffs, this was a Lancashire derby that promised much but delivered so little.

Preston North End prevented Burnley from going top of the Championship with an impressive performance in a lively but niggly Lancashire derby at Turf Moor. The visitors had the better of the first half, with Emil Riis netting a fine strike that was wrongly ruled out for offside and Ali McCann wasting a couple of decent opportunities.

Burnley missed the chance to go top of the Championship as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Preston in a scrappy, occasionally bad-tempered Lancashire derby.

A crowd of 20,816 watched on as Burnley were held to a frustrating goalless draw against Preston North End at Turf Moor on Saturday.

Milutin Osmajic, who awaits the outcome of an FA charge for biting an opponent, scores twice in Preston's win over Watford.