West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa go in at half time with the score at 0-0, thanks to some impressive saves from Ben Foster in the home side's goal.
The first effort of the game came from Stephen Warnock on seven minutes, but the defender saw his shot blocked.
On 12 minutes, West Brom broke forward, resulting in a shot from Chris Brunt which was well blocked.
Both sides cancelled each other out in the opening stages, with very few opportunities on goal.
Jonas Olsson drove towards goal for the home side on 23 minutes, but couldn't find the finish to round off the move.
Aston Villa began to push forward near the half-hour mark and Emile Heskey came close but put his shot wide of the mark.
Ben Foster showed some great goalkeeping, lunging towards the feet of Gabriel Agbonlahor to deny the forward a goalscoring chance.
On 33 minutes, Foster made another sensational save to keep out Agbonlahor again after he was put through by Heskey.
Villa appealed for a handball on 41 minutes, but the referee waved away the appeals from the away side.
The half-time whistle blew with the score level, despite a flurry of chances in the last 15 minutes.
Sam Hughes
