The English Premier League is widely known as a lucrative competition to follow from a betting perspective and one lucky Ladbrokes punter took full advantage of just that over the weekend when converting an investment of only $20 into a particularly Legendary Land.
Rather unique to the English Premier League, win-draw-win markets always offer plenty of value and allow punters to take advantage of good odds on a very easy betting play as a result; no need to delve further into line betting to herald a big windfall.
Selecting only five matches from the ten on offer in Week 17 of the Premier League, our punter watched his $20 bet morph into a truly incredible $15,025!
Leicester City remain top of the league at the halfway point of the season as a result not only of their club-best form, but also because some of the league’s ‘big’ clubs have been unable to post much of a consistent run of form.
Our punter’s five leg multi got underway when Tottenham travelled to St. Marys to face Southampton early Sunday morning Australian time.
Spurs have registered a number of typically strong results through recent weeks but interestingly started the match as outsiders to see off the Saints, who have been anything but consistent this campaign. Harry Kane converted an impressive solo effort to confirm his side’s 2-0 win at $2.65.
Leicester have beaten some of the league’s best teams this campaign but continue to rate as long shots in close to every match they play. That was again the case when they started as $3.50 outsiders to beat Everton on Sunday morning and they never appeared in doubt; walking away 3-2 winners thanks to a Riyad Mahrez brace.
Attention then shifted to the Midlands where Bournemouth ($3), fresh off the back of an impressive 2-1 win over Manchester United, were given little hope of defeating West Bromwich Albion.
The Cherries have returned to good form since slipping into the drop zone and continued their charge away from danger with a comfortable 2-1 win.
Manchester United lost in Week 16 and Norwich City held Everton to a well-fought draw, but those results did not seem to affect the odds for Week 17 and the Canaries started clear $7.50 outsiders when the two teams met on Sunday morning.
United’s inability to convert a plethora of chances was ultimately their biggest undoing, and the noose surrounding manager Louis van Gaal’s job only tightened when the Red Devils slipped to a 2-1 loss. At this stage our punter would have undoubtedly been brimming with excitement, but the final fold of this Legendary Land was by no means a ‘sure thing’.
Watford have not looked a side amidst their first season back in England’s top flight, but they faced a big task in Liverpool on Sunday night who have experienced something of a return to form since Jurgen Klopp’s appointment.
The Hornets again silenced all their critics however when charging away to a comfortable 3-0 lead and maintaining to see our punter paid secure a Legendary Land.
