Bolton Wanderers have resisted a dominant Cardiff City to go in goalless at the break in their Championship clash at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Cardiff applied some early pressure on their opponents as Craig Noone saw his volley saved by Adam Bogdan before Peter Whittingham fired narrowly wide following some slick build-up play.

Noone was in the thick of the action again moments later when he shot off target.

Bolton struggled to match Cardiff for attacking intent, and the hosts came close to breaking the deadlock on 25 minutes through Eoin Doyle, who saw his effort cleared off the line by Barry Bannan.

The visitors had a shot of their own cleared off the line soon after when Dorian Dervite's goal-bound strike was hacked away by Alex Revell, though this was the best that they could muster during the opening half.

Despite controlling the majority of the first half, Cardiff were forced into a change minutes before the break as Revell was replaced by Joe Mason.