Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town face off tonight at Hillsborough for a place in the playoff final.
Huddersfield will recall goalkeeper Danny Ward in place of Joel Coleman after he missed Sunday's goalless first leg through suspension.
Wednesday took the sting out of this contest, meaning that it was not always pulsating for the illustrious Yorkshire-born fans on show, ranging from actor Sir Patrick Stewart to politician David Blunkett.
Huddersfield nearly landed an early goal when Wednesday defender Glenn Loovens failed to clear Wells's header and the ball landed to Brown eight yards out, but his shot skimmed the bar.
Cautious Wednesday failed to muster a shot on target, but the stalemate means they return to Hillsborough for the second leg next week as favourites to reach the Wembley final for a second successive year.
"We fancy ourselves, definitely, and hopefully the crowd will really get behind us, intimidate Huddersfield and put them off their game".
This season's run-in could have been a lot more uncomfortable for Sheffield Wednesday as they spent the closing weeks with Fulham breathing down their necks.
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Carlos Carvalhal's men will be hoping to go one better than last season's 1-0 loss against Hull City last season in a heartbreaking Wembley final. I wished we had a goal and a victory but it isn't the case. We are the underdogs but today, performance-wise, we didn't see that.
"But as players, we know what we need to do".
Westwood was also forced into the second meaningful save of the game, after 71 minutes, when he deflected a Wells shot behind after another energetic attack down the Huddersfield left.
The second leg will be played on Wednesday. The value of all four teams are similar. Every team has 25 per cent chance. We have to use our opportunities to score but firstly we have to defend well and we can not give away easy goals like we did in the last two weeks.
That figure - made up of £95m for being in the top flight next season and at least £75m in parachute payments in years to follow - perhaps explained why the game started in cagey fashion, and continued in precisely that manner.
"At the end of the day, the most important thing is the semi-final is open".
"We have been together for almost 10 months and the players know exactly what they have to do".
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