Wales secured a well-earned 2016 European Championship qualifying point against Bosnia and Herzegovina in a compelling, but goalless, draw at the Cardiff City Stadium on Friday.

Despite the stalemate, there were chances aplenty for both sides with Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and Bosnian counterpart Asmir Begovic producing superb saves to deny Miralem Pjanic and Gareth Bale respectively.

While Wales will be pleased with their fourth point from two matches which keeps them one point clear of Belgium in Group B, the home side could rue second-half chances which fell to Ashley Williams and Hal Robson-Kanu, who both headed wide from close-range.

Following Wales's opening 2-1 victory in Andorra, Chris Coleman's men were boosted by an expectant crowd of 30,741 -- their biggest home attendance in three-and-a-half years -- and the hosts almost got off to the perfect start.

Bale, with 11 goals in his previous 15 internationals, was left in space inside the penalty area, but the Real Madrid forward completely missed Chris Gunter's right-wing cross in the sixth minute as Toni Sunjic cleared the danger for a corner kick.

Bosnia, who played at this year's World Cup, were stung by the early pressure and Pjanic forced Hennessey, making only his fourth appearance of the season, into a smart save as his long-range effort deflected off Wales captain Williams.

Yet Wales shaded proceedings as Coleman's ever-improving outfit attempted to get Bale involved in the action as much as possible.

Ben Davies's deep pass saw Bale escape Everton defensive midfielder Muhamed Besic, but his volley on the run went wide of Begovic's goal.

The home side created their best chance in the 20th minute when Davies, Bale, striker Simon Church and Neil Taylor all combined to free Gunter at the back post, yet the Reading full-back could only volley over from ten yards.

But Safet Susic's Bosnia side, who surprisingly lost 2-1 to Cyprus last month, began to gain control of the match as Pjanic's shot from distance flew past Hennessey's right-hand post.

Pjanic was living dangerously as he was booked for a late foul on Jonny Williams and then committed another infringement on the same player within 60 seconds but Russian referee Vladislav Bezborodov opted not to shown a second yellow card.

Bosnia grew stronger as the half wore on, Hennessey making a decent save to deny Vedad Ibisevic before Edin Dzeko failed to get a clean connection to trouble the Crystal Palace goalkeeper.

That late flurry was sandwiched by a penalty shout from the visitors as Ibisevic went down under the challenge of James Chester, but Bezborodov waved away the appeals.

The Bosnians raised the tempo in the second half, with Hennessey forced into several saves.

Haris Medunjanin twice and Dzeko came close but Wales, thanks to Hennessey, stood firm.

Pjanic went close with a free-kick before a Chester tackle on Besic showed the competitiveness of this contest as the majority of the outfield players became involved in a melee which resulted in respective captains Williams and Dzeko being cautioned.

Then came the opportunity of the night as Bale's 78th minute free-kick was perfectly delivered for Williams to nod home, but the Swansea centre-back headed over from six yards. Williams put his hands on his head in frustration as a golden chance went begging.

Pjanic almost grabbed a late winner but his 25-yard free-kick was superbly tipped around the post by Hennessey.

Yet the chances continued to flow in injury-time, Bale forcing Begovic into a world-class save down low to his left before Robson-Kanu headed the resulting corner wide as both sides received a share of the spoils.