Preston North End winger Robbie Brady believes the only way is up after the international break.

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

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.

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.

Preston's likely starting line-up for today's game is: Woodman, Potts, Lindsay, Storey and Hughes; Whiteman, McCann, Thorsdarson, Frokjaer-Jensen and Brady; Osmajic. Burnley's likely starting line-up for today's game is: Trafford, Humphreys, Egan-Riley, Esteve and Pires; Cullen, Brownhill, Koleosho, Hannibal and Anthony; Foster.

This quickly had the feel of a far more even contest, with a solid look to PNE out of possession and some early encouragement for them on the ball - shooting towards their sold out away end, who roared on every positive moment.

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.