Fa Cup Fifth Round: Another Year Of Premier League Dominance Or Will It Be League One-derful?
With the FA Cup fifth round taking place this weekend, William Hill are offering odds of 2/1 that only Premier League teams are left in the competition for the quarter finals, while odds of 4/7 suggest that League One will be the lowest league represented in the Quarter Finals. Crawley Town are the only non league side left in the competition and Hills are offering 16/1 that the Conference is represented in the next stage of the FA Cup. Hills are also betting on how many Premiership teams will make it through to the FA Cup Quarter Finals and make Six or Seven the 8/15 favourite, while 66/1 is on offer for three or less.
With so many Premier League sides in action against lower league opposition, we can envisage there being at least one or two upsets, said Hills spokesman Joe Crilly. There are three League One sides in action against Premiership opposition in this years fifth round and the odds suggest that it is here where we will see the biggest upset.
Following Arsenals victory against Barcelona in the Champions League, William Hill are offering 150/1 that they win all four of the competitions that they are still involved in. Despite Arsenal and Tottenhams victories this week, the main talking point of this Champions League week was AC Milans Gennarro Gattusos confrontation with Spurs Joe Jordan at the final whistle and UEFA are said to be looking into the incident. Hills are offering 7/2 that he gets a ban of eight or more games and 9/4 that the duration of his ban is three games or fewer.
Gattuso has taken the sheen off a fantastic week for English football, but odds of 7/2 for an eight or more match ban suggests that UEFA will throw the book at him, said Hills spokesman Joe Crilly.
Gattuso Ban: 9/4 3 matches or less; 2/1 4 or 5 matches; 2/1 6 or 7 matches; 7/2 8 matches or more
Lowest League Remaining In FA Cup: 2/1 Premier League; 11/2 Championship; 4/7 League One; 16/1 Conference
Number of Premier League Teams In FA Cup ¼ Final: 66/1 Three or less; 7/1 Four or Five; 8/15 Six or Seven; 2/1 Eight
Premier League Teams In The FA Cup Final: 100/1 None; 9/1 One; 1/25 Two
150/1 Arsenal To Win The Quadruple
40/1 Arsenal/Spurs to contest the 2011 Champions League Final
Further Information…Joe Crilly…0208 918 3746 / 07850 518 164
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