Arsenal and Real Madrid get surprisingly heated in Maryland, World Matchplay favourites suffer 2nd round shocker, and PSV edge their Champions League qualifier. It’s the Daily Spread Betting Roundup!

Arsenal friendly gets feisty – 2019 International Champions Cup
It was meant to be a friendly. And yet Nacho was off the pitch within 10 minutes following a 2nd yellow, sparking a chain of events that saw Arsenal up 2-0 by the half hour mark.

However, a pair of booking for Sokratis levelled the playing field just before the break, giving way to goals from the soon-to-be-gone Gareth Bale and the now-injured Marco Asensio in the 2nd half. That sent the game to penalties, with Real eventually winning 3-2 as Xhaka, Monreal and Burton missed from the spot.

Add onto those double-yellow-reds a card for Dani Carvajal and you get a massive Cross Bookings make-up of 1575. Against an understandably low opening spread of 135-175, that’s a whopping 1405 times your initial stake.


Anderson and van Gerwen out – 2019 World Matchplay
It was a shocking night at the Winter Gardens. Not only did defending champion Gary Anderson fall to the unseeded Mervyn King, world no. 1 Michael van Gerwen exited at the hands of the Glen Durrant, blowing wide open the top half of the draw in the process.

If you’d plumped for King to shoot down the Flying Scotsman at a win match binary spread of 20-26.7, you could have won 73.3 times your initial stake.

Meanwhile if you’d predicted van Gerwen and Durrant to go long at a Multi Legs spread of 77-84, you could have picked up 59 times your initial stake after the market made-up to 143.


Late scrabble between PSV and Basel – UEFA Champions League Qualifying
In easily the biggest pairing in the Champions League qualifying 2nd round, PSV and Basel – both regular fixtures in the competition proper – saw a late scrabble in Eindhoven.

The visitors drew level as the 1st half was wrapping up, Albian Ajeti cancelling out Bruma’s early opener. Fans then had to wait until the 79th minute for the deadlock to be broken, Basel taking the lead, and nabbing a potentially crucial 2nd away goal, thanks to Omar Alderete’s header. Sam Lammers made things 2-2 with what seemed to be the game’s final big moment, only for Donyell Malen’s injury time header to give the Dutch side the win.

Not only did that mean the Total Goal Minutes make-up came in at 318 against the original spread of 150-160, but that the Headed Goal Minutes market came in at 169. Against an opening price of 26-29, you could have won 140 times your initial stake.