Carling Cup Football Betting 2010-2011

The Carling Cup may have lost a large chunk of its credibility over recent years, but a glance down the list of recent winners shows that this is still a competition that the big clubs want to win. Manchester United are the defending champions after beating Aston Villa in last year’s fiercely contested final, and they, along with Chelsea, are the Carling Cup Football Betting 2010-2011 favourites.

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Carling Cup Football Betting 2010-2011 gets underway in the first midweek of the season with the opening match being played on August 9, the final takes place over six months later on 27 February 2011 at Wembley stadium.

This year’s format is the same as last year with all rounds up until the semi-final to be played over one leg with extra time and penalties used to separate the sides in the event of a draw. The 70 lowest ranked teams of the football league – all those in League two, League One and The Championship, other than Burnley and Hull – enter the competition at the first round. In the second round the winners are joined by the remaining English league teams bar those involved in European competition at the start of the season, and then in the third round the other seven Premier League teams will join them. The winner will be awarded a place in next season’s UEFA Europa League.

Carling Cup Betting Advice 2010-2011

The Carling Cup often puts punters in something of a dilemma when deciding their betting strategies. Because many teams field weakened sides in the competition bettors are often tempted to take a chance on the underdogs, however, as I previously alluded to, despite using the competition to give their second string a run out the bigger clubs do invariably still come out on top.

Arsene Wenger makes no secret of his attitude towards the Carling Cup and we regularly see an Arsenal team made up of youth players throughout the competition. Although they have failed to win the competition whilst employing this experimental approach they often reach the latter stages of the tournament and provide some of the most entertaining football along the way.

In short, don’t fall into the trap of thinking that just because a Premier League team is fielding a weakened side they are not good enough to beat a team from the lower leagues. The gap between the top flight of English football and the lower echelons is now so big that they can afford to give reserve players a run out without fear of the Carling Cup Football Betting 2010-2011 odds being upset.

Carling Cup Betting Markets 2010-2011

Aside from the obligatory Carling Cup Football Betting 2010-2011 winners market there are plenty of other opportunities to bet on this season’s League Cup competition.

In fact you will get pretty much any betting market that you would usually associate with football betting including;

  • Handicap Betting
  • Correct Score Betting
  • First Goalscorer Betting
  • Half Time/Full Time Betting
  • Over/Under X Goals Betting
  • Half Time Betting
  • To Qualify Betting

 

Carling Cup 2010-2011 Fixtures

Click here to go to the official Carling Cup website and see up to date fixtures and results.