Punter benefits from key feature in Man Utd game to win £11k from insane accumulator

A punter benefitted from Sky Bet's 'Super Sub' feature after turning £10 into £11,000 during Sunday's Premier League matches.

On another entertaining afternoon of action in England's top flight, Premier League followers were treated to 18 goals across five matches. Liverpool clinched a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace, Brighton defeated 10-man Brentford 2-0, Bournemouth secured a 2-1 win against Ipswich Town, and Sunderland handed Chelsea a damaging 1-0 defeat in the 2pm kick-offs.

Manchester United and Aston Villa then saved the best till last at 4:30pm, as both teams produced a captivating 4-4 draw at Old Trafford. Villa took a two-goal lead twice at the start of the game and straight after half-time before the hosts scored twice in added time to secure an invaluable point in Michael Carrick's quest to remain in charge.

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Sky Bet punter wins insane Premier League card bet

Viewers were spoiled with an incredible afternoon of action, and one punter was undoubtedly overjoyed after turning £10 into £11,000 from correctly picking five players to be yellow-carded.

They selected one player from each game, starting with Oliver Boscagli, who was booked in the 27th minute of Brighton's clash against Brentford at the AMEX Stadium.

Julio Enciso was given a yellow card for dissent on the stroke of half-time in Ipswich Town's 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth. Then, Jefferson Lerma was cautioned for a similar reason eight minutes before the end of their 3-1 loss to Liverpool.

Wesley Fofana left them sweating, as the Frenchman wasn't carded until the 90th minute of their painful 1-0 defeat to Sunderland, leaving the punter needing just Harry Maguire to be booked against Villa.

Having received four yellow cards in his opening nine Premier League games, there was a huge chance of the Englishman adding a fifth to his name, but it was Ayden Heaven, after coming on for Maguire at half-time, who secured the customer a winning bet.

Thanks to Sky Bet's 'Super Sub' feature, Heaven's 57th-minute booking counted as Maguire, with the punter receiving a huge slice of luck in the second half at Old Trafford to land a whopping £11,000.

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Punter wins life-changing sum of money from corner bet

Although a five-figure sum isn't a life-changing sum of money, another punter almost became a millionaire after winning a 12-fold accumulator on October 24.

The punter correctly selected 12 matches in the EFL to have over 11 corners in the match, staking just £4 to win an eye-watering £997,385.

The games that landed the punter almost £1million

• Oxford Utd v Bradford
• Reading v Barnsley
• Stevenage v MK Dons
• Doncaster v Sheff Wed
• Cambridge Utd v Plymouth
• AFC Wimbledon v Wycombe
• Notts Co v Stockport
• Burton Albion v Leyton Orient
• Bromley v Peterborough
• Preston v West Brom
• QPR v Swansea
• Blackpool v Mansfield

After landing one of the biggest winning selections ever on Betfair, the 45-year-old from Portsmouth has declared that he will treat his pals to his winnings.

Describing how the bet came about, the big winner said: "Me and some friends usually do an accumulator on the weekend for a bit of fun, we all pick a leg and put them in our group chat, both teams to score usually, and I like to do corners.

"I had £4 in my account, so I decided to do one of my own with a few more corners in. I'm sure that I'll be treating my mates after winning this one; it will be my round all the time!"