The Championship clash between Millwall and Reading at The Den is goalless at half time.

The first chance of the game fell to the hosts after Diego Fabbrini was pulled to the ground by Nathaniel Chalobah in the fifth minute, but the Italian striker's subsequent free kick was comfortably saved by Adam Federici.

Reading were next to threaten as Pavel Pogrebnyak connected with a Jordan Obita cross before letting rip with a shot that soared wide of David Forde's left-hand post.

Millwall were arguably the better side throughout the majority of the first half as Fabbrini proved a constant menace in the Royals' final third.

The hosts very nearly opened the scoring in the 37th minute as Lee Gregory collected a headed Stefan Maierhofer flick-on before going on to fire inches wide of the post from outside the box.

For all of the warring exchanges between the two, however, neither side could break the deadlock come half time.