Football fan wins £5k for amazing 5-5 call in Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest… despite never backing it
The contest is free to enter meaning lucky Cheryl Lane walked away a big winner even though she got the other five scores wrong
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A LUCKY football fan won £5,000 for amazingly predicting the 5-5 thriller between Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest - despite not actually backing it.
Cheryl Lane was taking part in Soccer Saturday's Super 6 event.
The aim of the game - which is free to enter - is to correctly predict the score and winner of six games.
Tammy Abraham was the standout for Villa as his four goal blitz helped earn a point at Villa Park.
And his showing was so impressive that Chelsea fans are now calling for him to go back to Stamford Bridge and replace misfiring Alvaro Morata.
Abraham's heroics took the England star's goal tally in the Championship to ten in just 13 appearances for Dean Smith's side.
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By contrast, Morata and fellow Stamford Bridge frontman Olivier Giroud have combined for just six league goals so far this campaign.
Unfortunately, Cheryl did not manage to correctly predict any of the five other scores, so was unable to claim the £250,000 jackpot.
She did however pocket a £5,000 prize from Sky Sports Soccer Saturday presenter Jeff Stelling.
The 5-5 draw was the first ever at Villa Park and the first in Forest's history.