Coventry v Chelsea FA Cup Quarter Final

Chelsea are clearly the better team in this contest with Coventry. However, the FA Cup has a fine tradition for throwing up unusual results. If I intended to let this match go to full time, I'd bet on a Chelsea win... let's face it; you'd have to be mad (or a Coventry fan) not to.

FORM GUIDE - Last Five Results

Coventry
Mar 4: Coventry 1-2 Sheffield United
Feb 28: Norwich 1-2 Coventry
Feb 24: Coventry 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
Feb 21: Coventry 1-0 Birmingham
Feb 17: Burnley 1-1 Coventry

Chelsea
Mar 3: Portsmouth 0-1 Chelsea
Feb 28: Chelsea 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Feb 25: Chelsea 1-0 Juventus
Feb 21: Aston Villa 0-1 Chelsea
Feb 14: Watford 1-3 Chelsea

Chelsea are odds-on to win and that makes this game ideal for my Lay-the-Favourite bet and hope for a slow start and 0-0 at halftime. Then Back Chelsea a more favourable odds and make a modest profit. Things can go wrong with this type of bet and the risk is high, however the liability is low and my money is in-play.

That's the plan and here's my Betfair screen:

Coventry are playing well, but they are just not in the same class. My only hope is that Chelsea take the foot off the pedal in the second half and get sloppy.

Fingers crossed after all it IS the FA Cup and stranger things have happened.

Not to be... Chelsea go 0-2 up and the tits-are-pointing-skyward with this bet.

Don't get me started with Celtic.

A bugger of a start to my football bets.

Saved by Spurs

Probably my worst Saturday football betting since last time...

Wonderland and Spurs ran out 1-1

P&L is NOT good, but I can always raid offshore later tonight

This Betfair experiment is closed.