FA Cup Final 2018 Offer – William Hill

Chelsea face Man Utd in the FA Cup Final 2018 on Saturday and you don’t want to miss this William Hill ‘Bet £10, Get £5’ offer! Place a bet of £10.00 or more on Chelsea v Man Utd and William Hill will give us a £5.00 free bet to use on the World Cup 2018. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a guaranteed profit of £3.25 and here’s how…

Qualifying Bet:

If you’re unfamiliar with qualifying bets, please see my Qualifying Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how it should be done.

Qualifying bets must be placed at odds of 1.20 (1/5) or greater between 12:00 on Thursday 17th May 2018 and the final whistle of Chelsea v Man Utd, to be eligible. The match is due to finish at around 19:00 on Saturday 19th May 2018.

Having looked at the odds available, we could place our qualifying bet on Chelsea in the 90 Minutes market.

I like to place my exchange lay bets with Betfair as they have great liquidity and the site is really easy to use.

We can calculate our lay stakes using my matched betting calculator…

Back Bet (Bookie)

%

Lay Bet (Betting Exchange)

%

Min £
Max £
Lay stake required: £
Bookie
Exchange
Cashback
Total
If back (bookie) bet wins
£
£
£
= £
If lay (exchange) bet wins
£
£
£
= £
Total profit: £

Optimal Underlay

Lay stake required: £
Exchange liability: £

If back (bookie) bet wins: £
If lay (exchange) bet wins: £

Optimal Overlay

Lay stake required: £
Exchange liability: £

If back (bookie) bet wins: £
If lay (exchange) bet wins: £

As you can see, the calculator tells us that our lay stake should be £10.00…

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Place £10.00 on Chelsea @ 3.00 = Potential profit of £20.00

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Lay £10.00 on Chelsea @ 3.05 = Potential liability of £20.50

Let’s have a look at our potential profit/loss for the possible outcomes…

Chelsea win + £20.00 – £20.50 = £0.50 loss
Chelsea don’t win – £10.00 + £9.50 (£10.00 minus 5% commission) = £0.50 loss

So, regardless of the result of the match, we’ll lose £0.50 in qualifying for our £5.00 free bet.

Free Bet:

Our £5.00 free bet will be credited by 09:00 on Thursday 14th June 2018 and can be used on any World Cup 2018 market played on or before 08:00 on Monday 18th June 2018.

By using straightforward matched betting, we should be able to extract 75% cash from the £5.00 free bet, so £3.75. If we take into account our qualifying loss of £0.50, this gives us a guaranteed profit of £3.25 on this William Hill offer!

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Matt Kirman - Matched Betting Blogger

Matt KirmanMatched Betting Blogger

Since 2014, I’ve blogged over £85,000 worth of profit, and made it my mission to make matched betting accessible to everyone.