VILLANS turned out to be heroes this weekend for one lucky punter, who scooped nearly £20k thanks to Aston Villa's dramatic late turnaround against Crystal Palace.
The Betfair customer staked £20 on an 11-fold football accumulator on Saturday's matches in the Premier League, Championship, League One and Bundesliga at colossal odds of 970/1.
And while the likes of RB Leipzig and Oxford United secured routine 3-0 wins, others weren't so straightforward.
In fact, out of this bettor's 11 selections – three conceded the first goal, and six won by a one-goal margin!
Heavyweights Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund overcame deficits against West Ham and Freiburg with veteran defender Mats Hummels betting an 88th-minute winner on the road.
Championship pair Preston and Blackburn both hung on to clinch 2-1 victories over Plymouth and Middlesbrough before Ipswich beat Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 at Hillsborough.
Winning selections
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- ASTON VILLA vs Crystal Palace
- West Ham vs MANCHESTER CITY
- Sheffield Wednesday vs IPSWICH
- PRESTON vs Plymouth
- BLACKBURN vs Middlesbrough
- WIGAN vs Cambridge
- EXETER vs Cheltenham
- Fleetwood vs OXFORD
- RB LEIPZIG vs Augsburg
- Freiburg vs BORUSSIA DORTMUND
- NEWCASTLE vs Brentford
Stake: £20
Odds: 970/1
Returns: £19,419
Wigan and Exeter then obliged by securing maximum points over Cambridge and Cheltenham respectively, leaving this mystery punter needing Aston Villa to perform a miracle against the Eagles.
Unai Emery's side were trailing 1-0 right up until the 87th-minute when Colombian forward Jhon Duran equalised with a stunner at Villa Park.
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And then, deep into injury time, Villa were awarded a penalty.
This punter's fingernails were presumably shredded with midfielder Douglas Luiz stood over the spot-kick, which he tucked away with 98 minutes on the clock.
Newcastle completed the acca thanks to Callum Wilson's second-half penalty to leave our savvy punter with a massive £19,419 in his Betfair balance.
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