Leicester City 5-3 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Sunday 29 December 2013

Result

Leicester City 5-3 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Sunday 29 December 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-3

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Leicester City 5-3 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Leicester City beat Bolton Wanderers 5-3 in the Championship on Sunday 29 December 2013. The half-time score was 3-3.

Danny Drinkwater opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Danny Drinkwater (5'), Anthony Knockaert (37'), an own goal by Matthew Mills (41'), Lloyd Dyer (75') and Gary Taylor-Fletcher (89'). Bolton Wanderers scored through André Moritz (15'), J. Beckford (20') and André Moritz (39').

Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 1st on 45 points from 22 and Bolton Wanderers 18th on 24 points from 22. Leicester City went on to finish that season 1st with 102 points, and Bolton Wanderers 14th with 57.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leicester City win, 4 draws and 1 for Bolton Wanderers.

Going into the match Leicester City's last five read W-W-D-L-L and Bolton Wanderers's W-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Danny DrinkwaterLeicester City · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · André MoritzBolton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 20'Goal · J. BeckfordBolton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 33'Yellow card · A. BaptisteBolton Wanderers
  • 37'Goal · Anthony KnockaertLeicester City · 2-2
  • 39'Goal · André MoritzBolton Wanderers · 2-3
  • 41'Own goal · Matthew MillsLeicester City · 3-3
  • 43'Yellow card · Ritchie De LaetLeicester City
  • 60'Yellow card · Zat KnightBolton Wanderers
  • 60'Yellow card · Jamie VardyLeicester City
  • 73'Yellow card · Mark DaviesBolton Wanderers
  • 75'Goal · Lloyd DyerLeicester City · 4-3
  • 89'Goal · Gary Taylor-FletcherLeicester City · 5-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Leicester City 1, draws 4, Bolton Wanderers 1.

Team news

Leicester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Kasper Schmeichel, Liam Moore, Wes Morgan, Paul Konchesky, Ritchie De Laet, Andy King, Danny Drinkwater, Lloyd Dyer, Anthony Knockaert, David Nugent, Jamie Vardy

Bolton Wanderers expected line-up

Ádám Bogdán, Alex Baptiste, Matthew Mills, Kevin McNaughton, Tim Ream, Medo, Jay Spearing, Neil Danns, Liam Feeney, Jermaine Beckford