Elmander salvages point for Bolton

Swedish international striker Johan Elmander’s fifth goal of the season ensured Bolton grabbed a 1-1 draw with Wigan in their Premier League clash on Saturday.

Elmander’s 66th minute goal cancelled out Hugo Rodallega’s 59th minute effort that saw both sides maintain their recent run of good form.

Bolton have lost just one of their nine Premier League matches this season while Wigan have recovered well after a dire start with Saturday’s draw extending their unbeaten run to four games.

Rodallega struck in the 59th minute after being set up by Frederic di Santo, the Colombian international striker fired a cleanly hit shot past Jussi Jaaskelainen.

However, Bolton were level seven minutes later as Elmander shot home from close range giving Chris Kirkland no chance in the Wigan goal to maintain his extraordinary record of scoring all his five goals away from home.

The goals livened up what had been a game of few chances prior to that as Rodallega’s two efforts in the first-half and a shot from Bolton’s Martin Petrov and a header from Kevin Davies had been the sum total of goalmouth action in the first-half.