Two late goals in the FA Cup tonight rewarded long-odds draw football bet backers and short-price layers as Cardiff City and Coventry threw away leads at the death. Cardiff were matched at just 1.05 on Betfair whilst leading Bristol City with the draw being backed at odds of 18. Meanwhile, at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry were backed at a low of 1.11 before conceding an equaliser against Portsmouth that was good news for those who backed the draw at 9.8.

The Premier League’s most in-form team, Birmingham City, carried their super form into the Football Cup with a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest; the home win matched at 3.1 whilst the correct scoreline was backed at a high of 7.4. City will now face Everton in the next round and are [44.0] to win this year’s edition. Over at Loftus Road, two late goals by QPR almost caused Sheffield United to give away a 3-0 lead but the away team held on and rewarded those who got them at a high of 3.45.

As for football betting surrounding the FA Cup, well, Chelsea are still the online bookmakers favourites to successfully defend the FA Cup at 4.7 with Arsenal (7.2), Liverpool (7.8) and Manchester City (8.2) seen as the teams most likely to challenge them.