Never forget to check the kick-off time.
If you want your accumulator to at least keep you in suspense until the latter stages of the evening, then don’t back the early game in the Champions League. Everyone knows that, right?
It seems not, with some football fans on Twitter tipping Atletico Madrid to beat FC Astana in Kazakhstan, only to see a 0-0 draw bust their accumulators before they’d even left the office.
https://twitter.com/robgood4/status/661587279098552320
With the game done and dusted by 5pm UK time, it meant another trip back to the bookies for some supporters who couldn’t be more annoyed at Diego Simeone’s side…
https://twitter.com/hamz05/status/661587221263343616
Just seen the Atletico Madrid score 🙈 that's my accumulator gone already
— Sean Jackson (@realseanjackson) November 3, 2015
When the first game on your 8 match accumulator is for Atlético to win… pic.twitter.com/IDU0ygVeL1
— Tom Simpson (@tomsimpson97) November 3, 2015