Wolves midfielder Ben Marshall (number 64) watches his free-kick hit the crossbar against Ipswich

Ipswich Town were held to a goalless draw at home against Championship strugglers Wolves, who remain one place above the relegation zone.

The visitors ended a six-match losing run, but could have snatched victory late on when both Jon Dadi Bodvarsson and Ben Marshall hit the woodwork.

Ipswich's top goalscorer Tom Lawrence had earlier seen a cross-shot cleared off the line by Matt Doherty.

A drab affair ended in the fifth successive draw between the two sides.

There were only three efforts on target in the whole match, with Romain Saiss firing over a free-kick in a dangerous position for the visitors in the first half.

Lawrence then teed up David McGoldrick after pouncing on a defensive lapse, but the Town forward was thwarted by keeper Carl Ikeme, who also had to be alert to keep out Lawrence's direct corner away from his own goal-line.

Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy remains unbeaten against his former club in seven matches against them, and his Town side are now unbeaten in seven matches, but they have drawn six of those.

Paul Lambert's Wolves, without a victory since 31 January, are a point above 22nd-placed Bristol City with two games in hand over all of the teams in the drop zone.

Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy:

"I think they were the better team in the second half, though I am not sure why that was.

"I am not looking for excuses - we have to play better than that. I don't think we are safe yet. We still have a bit to do and I think we need to scrap it out.

"Our only positive is that we have got a point and kept a clean sheet."

Wolves head coach Paul Lambert:

"I thought we were pretty comfortable in the first half and we were on top after the break when we had lots of the ball and hit the bar and the post. We deserved to win.

"It is a big point for us as it stops the slide we were on. But, believe it or not, we have been playing well during this bad run against the likes of Reading and Newcastle.

"We have been dominating some games, we just haven't had that finishing touch. Performance-wise, I couldn't ask for more and if we keep doing what we have been doing, we will be fine."