What Were The Odds Of That? The Biggest Upsets Of The Weekend

• Tottenham were the biggest upset of the Premier League weekend with their 1-0 victory over league title favourites Manchester City. Spurs entered the match at odds of 6.0 at bet365 and receiving +1 goal on the Asian handicap. The 1-0 result paying odds of 17.0.
• Brentford entered their Friday night encounter with Arsenal at odds of 3.80 to get the win and receiving a +0.5 goal advantage on the Asian handicap. The 2-0 result paid 19.0 on the correct score market.
• The only other surprise result of the Premier League weekend was Watford’s 3-2 victory over Aston Villa. Watford entered the match at odds of 3.40 and receiving a +0.25 goal advantage on the Asian handicap. The 3-2 result paid 41.0 for bold correct score backs.
• West Ham overcame a 2-1 halftime deficit, to win over Newcastle 4-2 with the halftime/fulltime result of Newcastle/West Ham paying odds of 26.0 and the correct score paying 51.0.
• In other correct score betting, Manchester Utd’s 5-1 win over Leeds paid at odds of 51.0 while Everton’s 3-1 win over Southampton paid 21.0.
• It’s also now been two consecutive rounds of Premier League football without a draw with the final round of the 2020/21 season going drawless and the opening round of the 2021/22 season going without a stalemate.
• Seven of the weekend’s ten matches went over 2.5 goals, with an average goal total for the weekend of 3.4 goals.

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Premier League Perfect Acca

This weekend’s perfect Premier League acca paid at odds of 4281.67, meaning for a single £10 wager, the return would have been £42,816.70.

Selection	Result	Odds
Brentford	def Arsenal	3.80
Man Utd	def Leeds	1.61
Watford	def Aston Villa	3.40
Leicester	def Wolves	1.70
Everton	def Southampton	2.00
Chelsea	def Crystal Palace	1.30
Brighton	def Burnley	2.45
Liverpool	def Norwich	1.44
West Ham	def Newcastle	2.20
Tottenham	def Man City	6.00
PERFECT ACCA ODDS		4281.67
PERFECT ACCA RETURN ON £10 STAKE		$42,816.70

Let’s take a quick look at the perfect acca returns for the major leagues of England and Europe. The figures below are the returns on a £10 stake selecting each 1X2 result correctly in that league this weekend:

• Championship Perfect Acca: £566, 783
• La Liga Perfect Acca: £6,340
• Bundesliga Perfect Acca: £77,610
• Ligue 1 Perfect Acca: £765,294

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Saturday Football Acca Results

The bettingexpert News Saturday football accumulator had mixed results. While the acca did not come through, the selections were profitable as single bets. Betting each of the five selections as singles returned a profit of +2.48 units, a return on investment of +49.6%.

MATCH	SELECTION	ODDS	RESULT
Leicester City vs Wolves	Leicester to keep a clean sheet	2.20	WON
Watford vs Aston Villa	Watford to win	3.30	WON
Everton vs Southampton	Everton to win to nil	3.10	LOSS
Chelsea vs Crystal Palace	Crystal Palace +1.5 Asian handicap	2.08	LOSS
Norwich vs Liverpool	Liverpool -1.5 Asian handicap	1.98	WON
TOTAL ACCA OODDS		92.69

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Top 10 Upsets of the Weekend

Let’s take a look at the biggest upsets of the weekend from around the top league’s of Europe.

Rank	Date	League	Selection		Opponent	Score	Odds	CScore
1	August 15	Germany Bundesliga	Mainz	def	RB Leipzig	1-0	7.50	19.0
2	August 14	Sweden Allsvenskan	Goteborg	def	Malmo FF	3-2	7.00	51.0
3	August 15	England Premier League	Tottenham	def	Man City	1-0	6.00	17.0
4	August 14	Netherlands Eredivisie	Waalwijk	def	AZ Alkmaar	1-0	5.50	17.0
5	August 15	Romania Liga 1	FC Arges	def	Sepsi	2-0	5.25	23.0
6	August 15	Austria Bundesliga	Altach	def	Rapid Vienna	2-1	4.75	15.0
7	August 14	France Ligue 1	Nice	def	Lille	4-0	4.75	126.0
8	August 15	France Ligue 1	Angers	def	Lyon	3-0	4.50	41.0
9	August 15	Romania Liga 1	FC Rapid Bucuresti	def	FCSB	1-0	4.50	13.0
10	August 14	Finland Veikkausliiga	FC Oulu	def	Inter Turku	2-0	4.33	21.0

The biggest shock result this weekend came from Germany and the Bundesliga, with Mainz getting the 1-0 victory over RB Leipzig at odds of 7.50, while in Sweden Goteborg defeated Malmo FF 3-2 at odds of 7.0.

Two major upsets occurred in France, with Nice defeating Lille at odds of 4.75 and the correct score 4-0 paying out at odds of 126.0, while Angers defeated Lyon at odds of 4.50 and the correct score of 3-0 paying out at odds of 41.0.

It was wild weekend in France Ligue 1, with Lorient defeating Monaco on Friday night at odds of 4.0. The perfect acca for France Ligue 1 this weekend, selecting the correct 1X2 result in each of the ten matches paid out at odds of 76,529.0 meaning a £10 stake would have paid out £765,294.