Gunners cut to 3-1 for another Cup triumph
AFTER Saturday’s FA Cup shocks, there were three winning Premier League favourites out of three in the cup on Sunday and Arsenal are 3-1 favourites to retain the trophy.
Goals from Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil and Tomas Rosicky gave the holders a 3-2 win at Championship side Brighton and fired Arsene Wenger’s men to the top of the market, ahead of 10-3 shots Manchester United and Liverpool at 11-2.
Walcott, making his way back after a long-term injury, had been a 6-1 chance to score first. The 3-2 correct score was available at 25-1 before kick-off and matched at 59-1 in-play on Betfair.
West Ham are fourth in the betting at 8-1 after a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Bristol City, while Aston Villa beat Championship leaders Bournemouth 2-1 with new signing Carles Gil opening the scoring.
The all-Premier League treble would have paid just under 7-1 and Villa – just 11-4 to be relegated after a disappointing league campaign – are 25-1 to lift the FA Cup.
Bet365 offer 8-1 about any team from outside the Premier League winning the cup this season. After Bournemouth, Brighton and Bristol City fell by the wayside yesterday, 11 Football League sides will be in the hat when the draw for the fifth round is made.