FA to investigate allegations of betting in Arsenal vs Oxford Utd game
The FA will investigate allegations of suspicious betting patterns which occurred during Monday night’s FA Cup tie between Oxford United and Arsenal.
The claims, which was first reported by Mail Online centres around the booking of a player in the third-round tie.
The FA is looking at evidence which has been passed to it since the end of the match on Monday.
The telegraph reported that Bets were reportedly placed on Oxford defender Ciaron Brown to be booked during Monday’s FA Cup tie
A phone message which is said to have been seen by the FA is believed to predict that Ciaron Brown would receive a yellow card.
The governing body is thought to have also seen a betting slip showing a £200 bet had been placed at odds of 8-1.
A dossier of claims including phone messages sent before kick-off are being reviewed. One bookmaker is reported to have paid out more than £1,600.
Brown, 24, was booked in the 59th minute for fouling Bukayo Saka with the score at 0-0. It is unclear how many bets were placed on the incident. A report in the Daily Mail says several Arsenal fans were witnessed celebrating after Brown was booked, with “several of them bragging about winning hundreds of pounds”.
Arsenal will now face Manchester City in the fourth round of the competition.
