Ukrainian Football Scandal: Suspicious Betting Patterns Emerge in Mariupol vs. Metalist 1925 Match

Ukrainian journalist Igor Burbas said that he has information about an unusual movement of bookmakers during the match of the first round of the First League “Mariupol” – “Metalist 1925” (1:0), which was played on August 8.

“I would like to talk about a game that has remained away from the attention of many, a game that has direct signs of a fixed result, in simple words – contractually I do not want to analyze the actions of the players on the field, I would like to speak in the language of numbers.

This is the game of the First League of FSK “Mariupol” – “Metalist 1925”, which surprised the result, because the favorite was obvious. The odds about the game even talked about this.

For the influence of “Metalist 1925” both in the first half and in general, the numbers were 1.39 – logical, obvious. Therefore, the chances for Mariupol were much higher. For a win in the 1st half and the whole game, the odds for the game were 6.80.

But there is a strong suspicion that, with the beginning of the game, they started loading, if it was not substantial, maybe even extraordinary cosmetic amounts. There is no other way to explain the numbers from the first seconds of the game.

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At the zero minute the coefficient is 6.80, and at the 1st minute it is already 5.80. 2 more minutes passed – 4.95. What did “Mariupol” do so well in 2 minutes? “Metalist 1925” was not deleted, there was no penalty or anything else.

10th minute, the score is still 0:0, the odds are already 3.97. 16th minute – 2.63. 18th minute – 2.53, 19th minute – all the goalkeepers who had a line for this game close and leave this game. As we understand that there are signs until the 19th minute, until the line was closed, there was a lot of money, large amounts were loaded for the victory of “Mariupol” both in the 1st half and in the game in general.

3 minutes passed after the line was closed – and Mariupol scores. More precisely, “Metalist 1925″ gets into its own goal,” said Burbas.