Carling Cup Betting: Britannia thriller rewards goals backers

Carling Cup / Maxliu / 22 September 2009 / Leave a Comment

"In the total goals market, seven or more was matched at a whopping [30.20] as Stoke City came from two goals down to beat Blackpool 4-3 at the Britannia Stadium."

One Premier League club crashes out and another comes back in dramatic style in round three..

Liverpool and Arsenal are both through to the fourth round of the Carling Cup but there's doubt where the drama was on Tuesday night.

In the total goals market, seven or more was matched at a whopping [30.20] as Stoke City came from two goals down to beat Blackpool 4-3 at the Britannia Stadium. There was value in the match odds market too with Tony Pulis' men drifting to 5.0 after going behind to two first half goals.

Premier League clubs have found the Britannia a tough place to visit in the last year but with Ian Holloway encouraging them from the dugout, Blackpool gave a brave and accompolished account of themselves.

However, Stoke are a formidable side these days and when Danny Higgingbotham pulled one back early in the second-half it was clear that the fightback was on. After that, goals from Matthew Etherington and Ricardo Fuller looked to have settled the tie before Ben Burgess headed the visitors level. Andy Griffin scored a dramatic winner in the 90th minute.

Liverpool, who were matched no higher than [2.38] as they beat Leeds 1-0, are [7.6] to win the Carling Cup.

Arsenal, after breezed past West Brom 2-0 at a high of [1.62], are available to back at [7.0].

Burnley have impressed with their start to the season but they were beaten 3-2 by Barnsley at Oakwell. The home side were matched at [3.85] and in the total goals market five or more touched [8.0].

Darren Ferguson's Peterborough caused an upset as they won 2-0 at home to Newcastle. Posh were backed at [3.45] but those who put their money on over 2.5 goals at [1.03] after Danny Guthrie's second-half sending off were left dissappointed.

Elsewhere, Sunderland and Portsmouth won 2-0 and 3-1 respectively and Blackburn touched [2.54] in their 0-1 win away to Nottingham Forest. Benni McCarthy scored Rovers' winner but goalkeeper Jason Brown was the hero with his second-half penalty save.

Two ties went to extra time with the draws in Bolton v West Ham and Scunthorpe v Port Vale matched at [4.0] and [2.2] respectively.