Jermaine Beckford's brace pushes Leeds forward over Peterborough

Jermaine Beckford came off the bench to provide Leeds two late goals in route to a 3-1 victory over Peterborough at Elland Road. With the victory Leeds jumps to seventh position but stand five full points behind Millwall, Scunthorpe and Peterborough all tied with forty-seven points.

The match started with both clubs unwilling to risk going forward early, Peterborough's 'keeper Joe Lewis why he has seen international duty for the Three Lions U21 with a series of top shelf saves to keep Leeds off the score sheet. Following a scoreless half, attacking intent was clearly on both clubs mind with Aaron Mclean and George Boyd coming close in the first ten minutes of the re-start. However the deadlock was broken at the sixty-second minute when Jermaine Beckford, who had entered four minutes earlier for Luciano Becchio poached a rebound from a Bradley Johnson free-kick into the net. Nine minutes later a well weighted through ball by Lee Trundle found Jermaine Beckford, with last years League One player of the year dispatching the ball into the net. Celebrations of a victory were premature as with ten minutes remaining when the Peterborough came within one as Craig Mackail-Smith latched onto a close range rebound and sent it past Casper Ankergren. Finally in the third minute of added-time, Robert Snodgrass provided Jonny Howson, with the hometown hero making no mistake to bring the match to a 3-1 conclusion.