City drew a blank against bottom club Mansfield at windy Field Mill tonight.
Stuart McCall's men claimed their first away clean sheet of the season. But he would have hoped for more after setting City a four-point target from the trips to Mansfield and Chesterfield this week.
Barry Conlon, back at his old club, forced a good save in the first minute and then curled one inches over the bar soon after.
Omar Daley also thumped a post after a surging run from the lively Kyle Nix.
But City survived a scare when Donovan Ricketts saved Michael Boulding's penalty after David Wetherall was punished for a nudge on Rory Boulding.
CITY: Ricketts, Williams, Wetherall, Clarke, Heckingbottom, Daley, Phelan, Law, Nix, Ndumbu-Nsungu, Conlon. Subs: Evans, Thorne, Ainge, Penford, Waite.
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