IPSWICH TOWN 1 Sears (9) LEEDS UNITED 1 Dallas (42)

FREDDIE SEARS and Stuart Dallas shared first-half goals as play-off chasing Leeds United had to be content with a point at Ipswich.

The home side took an early lead through Sears before an out-of-sorts Leeds equalised just before half-time.

A bright start saw Ipswich take a ninth minute lead when Emyr Huws slid the ball out to Grant Ward whose first-time cross was neatly volleyed home by Sears.

Ward almost added a second in the 16th minute when he caught Dallas in possession on the edge of his own area but fired just wide.

Ipswich were in the ascendancy and more great work by Huws almost led to Jonas Knudsen scoring Leeds defended the threat well.

From out of nothing, Leeds equalised in the 42nd minute. Hadi Sacko’s cross was flicked on by Chris Wood and Dallas got on the wrong side of Jordan Spence to fire past Bartosz Bialkowski.

The equaliser led to an evenly-contested start to the second half. Leeds bossed possession but the pace of Sears remained a danger.

Rob Green palmed a corner out to David McGoldrick as his delicate chip came back off the crossbar but Christope Berra missed the rebound.

McGoldrick again went within a whisker of restoring Ipswich’s lead when Spence headed Kevin Bru’s free kick across goal and the Ipswich striker just failed to apply the final touch at the far post.

Some last-ditch defending again thwarted Sears and McGoldrick in quick succession as the two home strikers combined brilliantly in the 77th minute.

McGoldrick’s released Sears, who played it back to the Republic of Ireland international but Green was alert to parry the ball around his near post as honours ended even.