Capital One Cup on Betfair: United humiliated by League One Dons in 999/1 scoreline

The Old Trafford club's difficult start to the season worsened tonight as they were thrashed 4-0 at the hands of League One outfit MK Dons in the Capital One Cup second round.

On the same day that the Red Devils signed winger Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid for a British record transfer fee of close to £60m, Louis van Gaal's much-changed side went down without a fight at the hands of Karl Robinson's battlers.

Despite a bright start from United it was the League One side that took the lead when Will Grigg - matched at 17.533/2 in the First Goalscorer market - capitalised on a horrendous mistake by Jonny Evans.

And it was the United centre back that was extremely fortunate not to concede a penalty in the second half when he appeared to handle the ball in the area.

With no European football to contend with this was the first time since 1995 that United had entered the League Cup in the second round, but few could have predicted that they would suffer a heavier defeat than they did 19 years ago when the lost to York City 3-0.

But a repeat of at least that scoreline was on the cards when Grigg scored his second of the night and just minutes later Benik Afobe - on loan from Arsenal - made it three to the home side.

United's misery was complete when some more poor defending led to Afobe scoring his second, and the MK Dons' fourth with just over five minutes remaining.

The League One side were matched at a high of 11.521/2 to win the game insdie 90 minutes, but the story of the night from an odds perspective was the huge prices matched in the Correct Score market.

The 3-0 scoreline was matched at 390.0389/1 before trading at around the 2.01/1 mark, but the 4-0 Correct Score was matched at Betfair's ceiling price of 1000.0999/1 meaning it wasn't just the MK Dons players celebrating a famous victory.

Elsewhere tonight there were surprise home defeats to lower league opposition for the likes of Burnley, Leicester, and West Ham, but Premier League outfits Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Southampton, and West Brom all made it into the hat for round three.

Defending champions Manchester City are the early 6.411/2 favourites to retain the Capital One Cup, just ahead of Chelsea at 6.86/1, Liverpool at 8.07/1, and Arsenal at 9.28/1.