Paddy Power have released some interesting stats about where bettors in London are placing their money in the Premier League title race. With Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham in the mix during a wide open season, but all fall secondary to the outright favouritism of Man City in the outright winner market.
Punters in London have heavily backed Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea to be the team who will win the Premier League this season. Here is the breakdown of where bettors in London have been placing their money in the Premier League Winner betting market.
Chelsea – 24%
Arsenal – 21%
Man City – 16%
Man United – 15%
Tottenham – 10%
Liverpool – 7% –
So even though Arsenal were top of the Premier League at the turn of the new year, and not showing any signs of collapsing so far, they still haven’t attracted the same amount of wagers that Chelsea have. The Blues took almost a quarter of all bets from London-based bettors in the market.
It is interesting to see the demographics here, because London side Spurs are well down the list, trailing in support badly behind the two Manchester clubs. The shift of power in the north west has moved to Manuel Pellegrini’s men, with more punters in London believing in their chances of going all the way to the title, than reigning champions Manchester United. Tottenham, who sacked boss Andre Villas-Boas this season, are a long way back having received just 10% of bets. The love for Liverpool was even less, few Londoners having faith in them, despite the scoring power of Luis Suarez.
There have been other bets of course on the Premier League winner. Paddy Power reported that four bets had been taken on West Ham winning the league title, which was incidentally less than the amount taken on Crystal Palace.
But one London punter went even further in backing fifteen Premier League sides to win the league this season. Among the five that the punter didn’t back are Man City, Man United and Chelsea, but throwing money at Norwich in his fifteen to cause an upset seems a little bit more than a lost cause.
