Reading FC picked up a valuable point on the road to maintain their spot inside the top six with a goalless draw at Charlton Athletic.
The Royals have now picked up 10 points from their last four matches which puts them in sixth on 41 points from 24 games.
Noel Hunt recalled Amadou Mbengue to the starting eleven after he had missed out on the win against Cambridge with illness.
Chem Campbell, who is set to return to his parent club Wolves next week missed out through injury which meant Kelvin Abrefa and Andre Garcia were deployed further afield on the wings.
Despite much transfer speculation linking them with moves to the Championship, both Tyler Bindon and Harvey Knibbs started.
The Royals were looking to continue their excellent form under Hunt having won three games on the bounce to keep them inside the top six, while Charlton defeated league leaders Wycombe Wanderers in their last outing.
There were few chances for either side throughout a goalless and relatively uneventful first-half at the Valley.
Reading had a huge chance to snatch the lead just moments after the restart when Harvey Knibbs slotted the ball through to Sam Smith, but he saw his effort deflected wide.
It was then the Addicks who had the ball in the net a few minutes later, only to be denied by the offside flag. Tyrese Campbell had broken behind and finished, but was flagged by the linesman to keep it at 0-0.
With 15 minutes to go, both sides were still pushing for a breakthrough as Charlie Savage showed immense tenacity to race back and make a crucial challenge to prevent Charlton from having a shot at goal.
However, there was no reward in front of goal for either side as they each had to settle for a point.
Reading host Championship side Burnley the Select Car Leasing Stadium next Saturday in the FA Cup third-round.
Charlton: Maynard-Brewer, Small, Mitchell, Jones, Gillesphey, Edwards, Berry, Coventry, Docherty, Leaburn, Campbell
Subs: Anderson, Aneke, A Campbell, Edmonds-Green, Godden, Mannion, Yahyai
Reading: Periera, Mbengue, Dean, Bindon, Kanu, Savage, Wing, Knibbs, Abrefa, Garcia, Smith
Subs: Osho, Ahmed, Button, Holzman, Rushesha, Sackey, Wareham
