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BOLTON EARN DRAW

The Championship match played between Leeds United and Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium on Tuesday has ended in a draw. Both the teams scored two goals each and they had to share the points.

After this draw, Bolton has moved down to no. 16 in the Championship points table. The Trotters have played nine matches in the competition so far out of which the team has won three, lost four and the remaining two have finished without any result. Bolton currently has 11 points in 9 matches.

On the other hand, Leeds has also played 9 matches in the Championship and won four out of them. Leeds has lost three matches, while, the rest two matches have finished without any result.

The Bolton team came into the match with all guns blazing and managed to get ahead pretty early in the match. Kevin Davies was the one who scored the first goal for Bolton in the 14th minute of the match. The goal was set up by Chris Eagles and Davies was quick to capitalize on the opportunity. The English striker headed the ball from a distance of 6 yards into the right hand corner of the net.

Leeds levelled the scores just a minute before the half time break when Samuel Bryan found the back of the net with a header. El-Hadji Diouf was the one who assisted the goal.

Leeds United earned a penalty kick in the 5th minute of the second half. Luciano Becchio took the penalty kick and he placed his shot to perfection. It was a brilliant left footed shot and the ball went past the Peterborough goalkeeper into the bottom corner of the net.

The scores were equalized again in the 79th minute when Kevin Davies scored his second goal in the match.

Neither of the two teams was able to find the net again in the remaining time and the match ended without any result.

Leeds United will play its next match against Barnsley on Saturday.