Weekend Review: Bookies bemoan punter-friendly FA Cup in final showpiece of domestic season
Bookies make up ground on racing at Glorious Goodwood as Aubameyang double seals another cup for the Gunners
Arsenal conquered London rivals Chelsea 2-1 in the 139th FA Cup final this weekend as punters came out ahead in the final showpiece event of a truncated domestic football season.
Two goals from captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang saw Arsenal secure a record 14th FA Cup trophy after US international Christian Pulisic had given Chelsea a sixth minute lead at an empty Wembley Stadium.
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— Arsenal (@Arsenal) August 2, 2020
Kindred Groupâs Ali Gill said punters excelled across multiple markets to dent layerâs coffers.
Gill said: âThe FA Cup gave the punters a great end to the domestic season as it definitely went their way. Arsenal were well backed at the prices, as well as BTTS, while the Aubameyang double and a Pulisic goal resulted in punters lining their pockets.â
Betwayâs Chad Yeomans also detailed how bettors who backed the blue of Chelsea still had a reason to smile.
Yeomans said: âThe âmagic of the cupâ was in the air for Betway punters as we paid out on two results. Not only those who had backed Arsenal were paid out for their 2-1 victory, but our âFirst Goal Winsâ offer also ensured that those who had backed Chelsea were paid out after they went 1-0 up.â
Arsenalâs victory saw one bettor seal a ÂŁ100,000 accumulator win, according to Betfredâs Alan Firkins.
Firkins said: âIt was a decent FA Cup final result overall, but a red-letter day for a customer who had Arsenal as the last leg of a ÂŁ100 six-fold placed back in early March. Courtesy of Aubameyang’s predatory instincts, he’s now a cool ÂŁ100,000 better off.â
William Hillâs Rupert Adams said the punter-friendly FA Cup was balanced out by an âexcellentâ Goodwood for the operator.
What a finish to the @UnibetRacing Stewards Cup! pic.twitter.com/qA8HDYDXsw
— Goodwood Racecourse (@Goodwood_Races) August 1, 2020
Adams continued: âThe FA Cup was a fantastic result for punters, who could not resist the big price on offer for the Gunners. Fortunately, we had an excellent Goodwood so overall an okay weekend from our point of view.â
Gill also noted how the Sussex-based event saw a positive return for the layers.
Gill said: âSaturday also saw the final day of Glorious Goodwood. In the feature event of the day, the Unibet Stewardsâ Cup, Summerghand came home a 22/1 winner who was relatively unpopular all told and that result went our way. However, as our only losing race of the day, the festival ended on a positive note for us.â