Sky Bet are praying that Fernando Torres fails to find the net tonight at Anfield after running up a six-figure liability on an enhanced goalscorer special, which will be landed if the Spaniard scores against Aston Villa.
Going into the weekend, the Harrogate-based bookie offered enhanced odds of 20/1 for Wayne Rooney, Emmanuel Adebayor, Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres all to score in their respective matches and with three-quarters of the accumulator already weighed in, Sky Bet, along with some 2,000 customers, are anxiously waiting to see if the Reds striker will do the business.
Sky Bet’s Helen Jacob said: “Victory for Liverpool with Torres scoring tonight would cap off a terrible weekend of football results. The 20/1 for all four players to score was the best in the industry so it’s little wonder that it was popular.
“The only slight consolation is that we didn’t offer the special on them all to score first as the potential payout could have been millions.”
Arsenal, who have scored ten goals in their first two matches, have been cut to 9/4 (from 4/1) to be the Premier League’s top scoring team this season, while Anelka and Drogba have been slashed to 5/2 with a 10-goal start in Sky Bet’s top scoring Premier League partnership handicap market.
After Wayne Rooney scored his 101st goal for Manchester United, Sky Bet make him 5/1 to break Sir Bobby Charlton’s record of 249 goals and he is 3/1 (from 9/2) to net 20 or more league goals this season.
Sky Bet Odds: Top Scoring PL Pairing Handicap 2009/10
Torres and Gerrard scr 12/1 Bent and Jones +15 8/1 Benitez and Jerome +23 20/1
Rooney and Owen +6 7/1 Carew and Agbonlahor +18 20/1 Davies and Elmander +23 33/1
Anelka and Drogba +10 5/2 Beattie and Fuller +18 20/1 McCarthy and Roberts +23 33/1
Adebayor and Tevez +12 10/1 Kamara and Johnson +21 25/1 Nugent and Kranjcar +27 20/1
Van Persie and Arshavin +12 20/1 Cole and Dyer +23 25/1 Paterson and Blake +27 28/1
Crouch and Defoe +14 7/1 Ebanks-Blake and Doyle +21 20/1 Cousin and Geovanni +28 28/1
Jo and Saha +14 20/1 Scotland and Rodallega +22 25/1
Each Way terms: 1/4 of odds for 1st 4 places
Note: Which pairing will score the most Premier League goals in 2009/10 when the relevant goals are added? Both players must play in at least one Premier League match. If any player moves to another PL club, his goals for that club will count towards the total.

Top scoring team 09/10
Each Way terms: 1/3 of odds for 1st 2 places
Arsenal 9/4 Everton 50/1 Wigan 200/1
Liverpool 9/4 Sunderland 100/1 Birmingham 200/1
Man Utd 9/4 West Ham 100/1 Bolton 200/1
Chelsea 9/2 Wolves 150/1 Fulham 200/1
Man City 7/1 Blackburn 150/1 Hull 300/1
Tottenham 16/1 Portsmouth 200/1 Burnley 400/1
Aston Villa 50/1 Stoke 200/1

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