Leeds United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018

Result

Leeds United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Friday 30 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Leeds United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Leeds United won against Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the Championship on Friday 30 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Caleb Ekuban opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Leeds United's goals came from Caleb Ekuban (4') and Pablo Hernández (50'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Adam Le Fondre (53').

Discipline: Leeds United received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leeds United were 14th on 50 points from 38 and Bolton Wanderers 19th on 39 points from 38. Leeds United went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Bolton Wanderers 21st with 43.

Leeds United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pablo Hernández of Leeds United (8.3), ahead of Ronaldo Vieira (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Leeds United wins, 3 draws and 2 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Caleb EkubanLeeds United · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Stuart DallasLeeds United
  • 50'Goal · Pablo HernándezLeeds United · 2-0
  • 53'Goal · Adam Le FondreBolton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Derik OsedeBolton Wanderers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Pontus JanssonLeeds United
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Aaron WilbrahamBolton Wanderers

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leeds United 5, draws 3, Bolton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Leeds United line-up (4-4-2)

Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Matthew Pennington, Stuart Dallas, Pontus Jansson, Gaetano Berardi, Ezgjan Alioski, Eunan O'Kane, Pablo Hernández, Ronaldo Vieira, Pierre-Michel Lasogga, Caleb Ekuban

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ben Alnwick, Andrew Taylor, Mark Beevers, Jon Flanagan, Reece Burke, Josh Vela, Sammy Ameobi, Will Buckley, Derik Osede, Jan Kirchhoff, Adam Le Fondre