Grosvenor – Arsenal v Sunderland Offer

It’s Arsenal v Sunderland in the EFL Cup on Tuesday night, and Grosvenor are getting in on the action! Place a £1.00+ bet on any Arsenal v Sunderland market and get a matched free bet up to £10.00. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a profit of £7.31 and here’s how…

Key terms

  • Applies to bets placed on any Arsenal v Sunderland market.
  • The promotional runs from 09:00 on Tuesday 21st December 2021 until the match ends (at around 21:30 the same day).
  • Minimum stake of £1.00.
  • Minimum odds of 1.50 (1/2).
  • 100% matched free bet up to £10.00.

Qualifying bet

Please see my qualifying bets guide if you’d like more information about them and how they work.

It’s entirely up to you what you place your qualifying bet on.

At the time of writing, No is available in the Both Teams To Score market at back odds of 1.73 (8/11). The lay odds are currently 1.84.

Either exchange works for this offer

Betfair and Smarkets are both great options for this offer. If you’ve not used one of them, now is a great time to give them a try.

  • Money back as cash up to £20
  • 0% commission for 60 days

We can calculate our lay stakes using my Matched Betting Calculator

Select bet type

Back Bet (Bookie)

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Lay Bet (Betting Exchange)

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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 £9.51…

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Place £10.00 on ‘No’ (Both Teams To Score) @ 1.73 = Potential profit of £7.30

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Lay £9.51 on ‘No’ (Both teams to Score?) @ 1.84 = Potential liability of £7.98

Outcomes

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

OutcomeGrosvenorBetfairProfit/Loss
Both teams score – No+ £7.30– £7.98£0.68 loss
Both teams score – Yes– £10.00+ £9.31£0.69 loss

So, no matter the outcome, we’ll lose a maximum of £0.69 in qualifying for our £10.00 free bet.

Free bet

Our £10.00 free bet will be credited upon settlement of our qualifying bet and valid for 7 days.

Using straightforward matched betting, we should convert our free bet into 80% cash, so £8.00. Considering our maximum qualifying loss of £0.69, this gives us a minimum profit of £7.31 on this Grosvenor offer!

* Arsenal won the match 5-1, resulting in £7.31 profit on this Grosvenor 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.