What a midweek it was for one punter at Ladbrokes who turned £5 into a staggering £36,303.23 on Tuesday night? How? By correctly predicting six Carabao Cup fixtures, which is never an easy thing to do with sides making so many changes to starting elevens for the fixtures in the early rounds.
This was some bookie bashing going on here as the punter from Birmingham, selected Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland and Burton Albion ALL to win, with both sides scoring in every game.
Four of those six fixtures all returned a 2-1 scoreline, however, the bet only came up successfully because of a flurry of late goals. Four goals in the final 10 minutes of Tuesday night Carabao Cup action sealed the deal.
Crystal Palace looked to be playing out a 1-0 win over Ipswich with just six minutes left before James McArthur netted a second for the Eagles. The remarkably Ipswich got a late consolation in stoppage time to push the wager close to a win. West Brom conceded a late goal two minutes from time against Accrington while Sunderland needed an 80th minute goal to get past Carlisle which all added up to each of the six selections in the bet coming up.
Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: “We’re still in August but this has to go down as an early contender for bet of the season. Was it luck? Was it skill? Either way our Brummie punter won’t mind and we’re delighted for him!”
Here is the winning bet in full
Match Result and Both Teams to score
Aston Villa 4-1 Wigan – 13/5
Birmingham City 1-2 Bournemouth – 29/10
Crystal Palace 2-1 Ipswich – 9/4
Accrington Stanley 1-3 West Brom – 13/5
Carlisle 1-2 Sunderland – 12/5
Cardiff 1-2 Burton – 12/1
£5 accumulator returned £36,303.23
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