Saturday, October 23, 2004

Man Utd v Arsenal - Biggest Game of the Season?

£7m bets spree on game

Of all the teams Arsenal could dream of facing for their potential 50th unbeaten game, it was of course always going to be Man Utd. And what is clearly the biggest game of the season so far, despite the 11 point gap, its also going to be one of the biggest betting contests ever on one football match - with over £7 millon gambled - possibly rising to £10 million.

Not only will the betting be huge, but Sky are expecting 3 million viewers to tune in to watch it in the UK alone

Perhaps surprisingly, Man Utd have been put in as 6/4 favourites - despite having a lacklustre season so far.

Bet 365 have Henry and Van Nistelrooy as joint favourites to score first at 4/1 with wunderkid, Rooney at 11/2 and Arsenal's Reyes at a tempting 13/2.

And because of the interest in the game, the betting events are getting stranger by the minute - Bet 365 offer a slew of match specials including:

Arsenal to miss a penalty - 20/1
Man Utd to score a penalty - 13/2
Henry to score a hatrick - 16/1
Man Utd to win from behind - 10/1

All odds taken from Bet 365

posted by jo @ 10:43 PM   2 comments

2 Comments:

At 12:51 AM, Gamblog UK said...

Hoohah, big game.

Bore draw.

 
At 1:45 AM, jo said...

a draw is good enough in my book and a great result for the arsenal - but I can see a good 1-2 win for the gunners

 

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