Bet on Wolves - get a refund if they go out
There were 12 FA Cup third round encounters pitting a Premier League side against Championship opponents and, ahead of this week's replays, only one of those ties has seen the lower level team progress.
Reading saw off West Brom 1-0 at the Madejski Stadium, hardly a huge shock as they were in the same division last season and the Royals knocked Roberto Di Matteo's men out in the fourth round. A resounding seven of the others bowed out first time, while the other four are outsiders in their replays.
Doncaster belong to that quartet, priced at [5.6] to surprise top-flight relegation battlers Wolves in 90 minutes at Molineux this evening having squandered a 2-1 lead when the clubs collided at the Keepmoat, however the [1.7] offered on the hosts avoiding an upset is even more appealing.
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Wolves last lost at home to a lower-ranked team in 2003-04 and even that exit wasn't a proper giantkilling as their defeat came against recently relegated West Ham months after they'd replaced them in the Premier League.
Mick McCarthy's side also happen to be boasting their best form of the campaign right now, triumphing in four of their last eight league games having won just two of the previous 14. In that time, they've been victorious in three of their last four at Molineux, overcoming top-six clubs Sunderland and Chelsea, while they were narrowly beaten 4-3 at Manchester City last weekend.
By contrast, Doncaster's sole three successes on the road this term have come against Championship strugglers, they've won only three of their last nine cup ties and each of those were achieved against League One or League Two opposition.
Disagree with our verdict? It's [4.2] that this will be another draw...
Published: 18 Jan 2011
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