The decision to punish Jack Grealish for diving won Ian from Leicester the Super 6

Super 6 jackpot winner: The stats and resilience behind the success

By Billy Lumsden

Football

Thu September 05, 2019 · 6y ago

It was joy for one man from Leicester at the expense of the despairing Aston Villa fans, as he won Super 6's £250,000 jackpot, but what was his recipe for success?

The joy (or despair)

Ian Leggat from Leicester landed the Super 6 jackpot, largely due to Kevin Friend's decision to punish Jack Grealish for simulation and chalk-off Aston Villa's last-minute equaliser against Crystal Palace.

Jack Grealish received a yellow card for simulation, much to the joy of Ian Leggat

Ian had predicted the six correct scorelines heading into injury time, after Kurt Zouma's own-goal meant Sheffield United were drawing 2-2 at Stamford Bridge.

He had relied on a 3-1 win for his home-town club Leicester over Bournemouth, a 4-0 home win for Premier League champions City, a 1-1 draw between Newcastle and Watford and a 2-0 win for West Ham to complete his incredible weekend.

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Another deciding factor

Two other players correctly predicted all six scores, taking their Super 6 points total to 30, but Ian also crucially had the sixth minute as his Golden Goal selection (when the first Super 6 goal will be scored), which was closest to the second minute in which Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring for Manchester City.

Manchester City celebrate Kevin de Bruyne's early strike against Burnley

Kevin de Bruyne scored Super 6's 'Golden Goal' after just two minutes

Ian's resilience

Ian signed up for Super 6 in March 2015 and it is not until the weekend he tasted Super 6 success. Below are three facts that highlight how Ian has performed over the years with his Super 6 predictions, and three reasons why you should not lose hope of landing the jackpot:

Ian entered 150 Saturday Super 6 rounds before finally wining the jackpot on his 151st attempt.
Since the 2015/16 season, Ian has played 94 per cent of Saturday Super 6 rounds, only missing 10 Saturday rounds in the last 4 seasons.
For six weeks in a row before winning the jackpot, Ian did not get a single correct score - on his seventh attempt he correctly chose all 6.

Ian's Super 6 history: The ever-important numbers game

2015/16 Season:

Rounds entered: 45
Total points: 287
Average score: 6.4
Best score: 16

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2016/17 Season:

Rounds entered: 48
Total points: 309
Average score: 6.4
Best score: 16

2017/18 Season:

Rounds entered: 55
Total points: 354
Average score: 6.4
Best score: 17

2018/19 Season:

Rounds entered: 51
Total points: 390
Average score: 7.6
Best score: 16

2019/20 Season:

Rounds entered: 5
Total points: 38
Average score: 7.6
Best score: 30

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Saturday's Super 6 fixtures:

Coventry v Blackpool
Fleetwood v Oxford
Wycombe v Lincoln
Bradford v Northampton
Mansfield v Scunthorpe
Morecambe v Salford