Falkirk 0 Hamilton 0: Accies stay unbeaten after top of the table stalemate

Hamilton Accies remain behind joint-leaders Falkirk on goal difference at the League One summit after the top two battled out a disappointing stalemate.

First half headers narrowly wide from Falkirk's Tom Lang and Liam Henderson, plus a poor downward header from Accies' Dylan Tait was as close as either side came to finding a winner in a contest that failed to live up to its billing in front of a crowd pushing 5,000.

The division's top two had scored over 50 goals between them in the first eight games of the campaign, but neither could find their shooting boots on a damp and drizzly night in Grangemouth.

John Rankin's men returned to the scene of their SPFL Trust Trophy final success last season but there was to be no repeat of the 1-0 win they enjoyed over Raith Rovers on the very same pitch in March.

And it keeps the Bairns top, three goals better off than Accies, with both teams still unbeaten and now eight points clear of third-place Montrose after nine games.

Accies named the same side that thumped Annan Athletic 5-0 last Friday night under the lights, with Euan Henderson retaining his spot up top after netting in the victory.

Bairns boss John McGlynn made one enforced change from the win over Montrose last weekend as injured Aidan Nesbitt dropped out and Gary Oliver came into the line-up

Both sides had enjoyed eight-game unbeaten starts in the division going into the live BBC Alba clash, and fans were eager to see their side draw first blood in what already looks like being a two-horse race between the full-time sides.

Falkirk started the brightest and eight minutes in, Tom Lang should have opened the scoring for the Bairns. Callumn Morrison's corner was nodded on to the far post by Coll Donaldson and when it