From The Trading Desk: Backers Rejoice As Bet365 Put To The Sword

Read what bet365's Steve Freeth needed to say after Arsenal tape-recorded another vital win as numerous favourites in your home and abroad got triumphes.


Every so typically, we experience weekends where we end up doing fortunes and this was among them, proving brilliant for punters with well-backed beaten favourites a rarity on the voucher both home and abroad.


Arsenal hammered the final nail in the coffin by keeping their nerve once again to beat Chelsea having actually witnessed Manchester City win at Leeds 24 hours prior. The Gunners are 2/5 for the Premier League title and 16/1 for the quadruple as we approach the most fascinating part of the season.


The Sunday 2pm kick-offs all saw favourites win with both teams scoring. These are precisely the kinds of outcomes that show pricey for us.


Manchester United's comeback showed extremely costly. The Red Devils were routing 1-0 before Palace's goalscorer Maxence Lacroix received a red card, enabling Bruno Fernandes to equalise from the spot. The in-form Benjamin Sesko scored the winner 8 minutes later on, much to the pleasure of backers of the Old Trafford club that touched 13/5 in-play.


Tottenham continue to flirt with relegation following their newest defeat. Igor Tudor's Spurs are 4/1 for the drop after their defeat at Fulham. Similarly, Vitor Pereira has had a hard start, with Forest losing at Brighton, as many clubs fight to prevent 18th spot.


Saturday's early Premier League fixture in between Bournemouth and Sunderland was never ever likely to see record turnover, but it proved to be one of few lucrative matches for us.


This was not the case at Anfield and Turf Moor, where both matches saw 7 goals scored. Favourites Liverpool and Brentford were both ticked as winners on 24 and 25 minutes respectively having gone 2 goals clear - despite the late debate in Lancashire.


The EFL discount coupon featured numerous winning favourites. I was at Coventry to witness the Sky Blues protect an injury time winner, while other well-supported Championship sides such as Wrexham, Ipswich, Millwall, Sheffield United and also recorded wins.


League One punters benefitted from regular wins for Cardiff, Bolton, Lincoln and Wycombe. And odds-on shots like Barnet and Bromley also provided in the fourth tier.


Rangers were settled as winners on the coupon on 26 minutes. Their first half dominance saw them leading 2-0 at the break, thanks to a brace from Youssef Chermiti - his first being an impressive overhead kick. Martin O'Neill rang the modifications for the 2nd half with Celtic equalising from the spot late on for a 2-2 draw.


Hearts (2/5) were the huge winners having won 24 hr earlier versus Aberdeen with the Jambos now 11/10 for the title. Motherwell (3/10) continued their fine type by beating Dundee United and are 14/1 to win the Scottish Premiership under the guidance of the well-regarded Jens Berthel Askou.


It was a similar tale of issue on the continent.


Harry Kane has actually now scored 45 objectives in all competitions after an essential brace in Der Klassiker. Borussia Dortmund lost their unbeaten record at Signal Iduna Park as visitors Bayern Munich left it late to go 11 points clear in the Bundesliga.


Lamine Yamal bagged a hat-trick (20/1) for top-of-the-table Barcelona in their 4-1 triumph over Villarreal. The visitors were surpassed in 3rd by Atletico Madrid with Julian Alvarez scoring on 94 minutes against Real Oviedo.


In Serie A, another previous Premier League player, Romelu Lukaku, scored an injury-time winner - his first goal of the season after returning from injury - a crucial strike for Napoli at bottom-of-the-table Verona. Leaders Inter beat Genoa 2-0 and Como finished a full house of odds-on pokes in Italy on Saturday when beating Lecce 3-1.