Wolves 0 Everton 0 - in pictures

Battling Wolves hung on to equal their longest Premier League unbeaten run with another priceless point towards survival against Everton at Molineux.

Watched by England boss Fabio Capello, Mick McCarthy's side continued their solid form that has seen them earn seven points from the previous nine by making it four matches unbeaten.

Hull's victory over Fulham reduced the gap in the scramble for survival, but Wolves remain five points clear of safety with six games left.

Clear-cut chances were few and far between but Everton had the better attempts as the home side, who controlled much of the possession, kept a first clean sheet in eight games.

But their search to improve their goal drought at home went on, with just one in seven games in front of their own fans and 10 for the season after seven in three on their travels.

The home side rarely looked like breaking the deadlock and ultimately they had goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann to thank for superbly smothering from substitute Dan Gosling and Jody Craddock for clearing Tim Cahill's overhead kick off the line.

Wolves created the first chance when Matt Jarvis poked wide after three minutes.

The home side then dominated possession until the midpoint of the first half, but it was Everton who had the chances.

Leon Osman, who scored after three minutes into his debut at Molineux six years ago, had three attempts, the first of which was a major let-off after the impressive Steven Pienaar teed him up.

Wolves looked a little shaky defensively to start with and Everton found gaps with Osman again finding room to fire into the side-netting.

Osman's third attempt was a deflected effort that thankfully for Wolves flew straight at Hahnemann, after Louis Saha's deflected curler forced the American into a simple save.

Leighton Baines also fired a firm drive into the arms of the goalkeeper, as clear chances remained at a premium.

But Saha broke the malaise with a superb rising shot that bounced off the top of the bar, after the striker held off Christophe Berra following Sylvain Distin's fantastic pass.

Tim Cahill also blazed over from Saha's knockdown, as Everton continued to pose the bigger threat on goal, despite Wolves' bossing possession.

The hosts finally had a couple of efforts on goal just before half-time when Jarvis's goalbound shot on the run was blocked by Distin, before Jody Craddock volleyed over after Phil Neville's poor header after Ronald Zubar nodded back David Jones's corner.

Saha wasted the best chance of the game on 53 minutes in crashing a header over from Osman's cross, although Craddock did as much as possible to put him off.

Three minutes later Leighton Baines saw a dangerously curling free kick deflected inches over, hitting Kevin Doyle in the wall.

Wolves created the next two chances but couldn't threaten goalkeeper Tim Howard as first Kevin Foley curled a first time effort over then Ronald Zubar, looking to add to his first Premier League strike in Tuesday's 3-1 win at West Ham, swept over.

As the game opened up late on, Everton returned fire and Osman dragged wide from 20 yards after being given too much space before Pienaar saw a goalbound, bouncing effort deflected wide with Hahnemann at full stretch.

Pienaar also crashed a volley into the ground from a superb position 15 yards out.

In the dying minutes the game was there for the taking, as substitute Adlene Guedioura with an overhead kick over and Doyle with an over the shoulder volley fired over.

At the other end, Hahnemann reacted superbly to smother from Gosling after the substitute was left free from Yakubu's header across goal.

But Wolves survived to continue their march towards safety.