If you think Leicester City had big odds before they won the Premier League title, it’s time to turn your attention to Burton Albion.
Nigel Clough’s side have been priced at a huge 10,000/1 to win the Carabao Cup, a huge figure with just four teams left in the competition.
They face the small task of overcoming a 9-0 deficit against Pep Guardiola’s champions first, which would be a miracle in itself.
Clough himself has admitted just finding the back of the net once would be an impressive feat, he said: “It will be about little milestones, and pride of course. If we could get a goal then that would be a wonderful achievement.
“If one of our players could score against one of the best teams in Europe then that would be a milestone for us, and a wonderful individual milestone for whoever got a goal.”
And a Carabao Cup victory is so unlikely our friends at Oddschecker have priced up six bizarre occurrences that have smaller odds.
Here are their findings…
New Royal Baby to be named Donald – 500/1
Harry and Meghan are expecting their first child at the end of April or beginning of May. The Royal pair have been priced at just 500/1 to name their baby after the US President
This means the chances of having a Royal Baby Donald are 20x more likely than Burton winning the trophy.
John Terry to be the next Manchester United boss – 275/1
JT is currently the assistant coach of Aston Villa but the Chelsea legend has been priced at 275/1 to take over the reigns at Old Trafford.
Crazier things have happened.
Huddersfield winning the Premier League – 5,000/1
The Terriers have been priced at the same odds that Leicester were before they started their title winning campaign.
Yet still, according to Oddschecker the league’s bottom side stand a better chance of overcoming Liverpool and Manchester City than Burton have of Carabao Cup glory.
No pressure Jan Siewert.
David Beckham to be the next James Bond – 500/1
This is one we can get behind. Who wouldn’t want to see Becks as 007?
The footballing icon is 20x more likely to be handed the role as Britain’s most famous spy than for Burton to claim cup glory.
France to ask for the Statue of Liberty back – 200/1
Extraordinarily, France are priced at just 200/1 to ask America for their landmark back.
Not sure how they would transport the thing though, it’s huge.
Grant Holt winning WWE Men’s Royal Rumble – 10,000/1
The Norwich legend is currently training as a pro wrestler and incredibly has the biggest odds on this list.
There’s no reason why couldn’t he come up trumps at Wrestlemania. He’s done more incredible things with his right foot at Norwich.
