Another week of sport started with Birmingham Phoenix grabbing a victory over the Trent Rockets in the Hundred, Liverpool hosting Crystal Palace in the Monday Night Football action, Championship rugby league action as York took on Bradford, and the usual busy day of racing action across the UK and Ireland.

However, who were the big winners and what markets brought punters the most joy?

We review Monday’s action and highlight where canny punters could have struck gold on our spread betting markets.

Please remember that unlike fixed odds betting, when spread betting losses can exceed deposits.

LIVERPOOL V CRYSTAL  PALACE – CROSS-BOOKINGS (SETTLED AT 1800)

It was a second consecutive disappointment for Liverpool in the new Premier League season as the Reds once again dropped points against a side they were expected to win against – just like on the opening day against Fulham, as they could only draw 1-1 at Anfield with Crystal Palace. But where were the big wins for punters?

A lot was influenced by the straight red card which was shown to summer signing Darwin Nunez, who channelled his inner Zinedine Zidane to be shown his marching orders for a headbutt. In the end, the match ended with seven total bookings (six yellow, one red). With the red card for Liverpool (25 booking pts) and two yellows (20 pts) bringing a total of 45 Liverpool booking points, multiplied by four yellows for Palace (40 pts), the makeup was a huge 1,800.

With a pre-match spread of 225 - 285, punters who decided to buy would have been celebrating a victorious profit of 1515x their stake!

BIRMINGHAM PHOENIX V TRENT ROCKETS – MULTI-FOURS (SETTLED AT 72)

In the cricket, Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone both struck quickfire half-centuries to give Birmingham Phoenix a win over Trent Rockets in the men’s Hundred action on Monday night.

The pair helped the Phoenix ease to their target of 146 with 14 balls to spare. The England duo hit 13 boundaries between them in 45 balls in an 85-run third-wicket partnership. Ali reached 52 from 28 balls and Livingstone brought up his half-century clubbing a full toss over square leg for six to win the game.

However, in terms of spread betting, anyone selling on Multi-Fours (Total Team A Fours x Total Team B Fours) would have been able to secure a good profit – with a 78x return on opening stakes at the pre-match spread of 150 - 179 for savvy punters.

YORK V BRADFORD – MATCH MULTI-POINTS (SETTLED AT 0)

In the Rugby League action, York missed the chance to secure their spot in the play-offs with a defeat to their rivals. The Knights were nowhere near good enough in Bulls territory, particularly in the second half, with penalties and six-agains costing them too.

There was, however, huge opportunity for profit for punters who sold on our Match Multi-Points market as all 36 points came in the first half leaving the spread to settle at 0.

With the opening spread at 495 - 539, sellers would have ended the evening 495x better off than their opening wager – surely enough to warm the hearts of even disappointed York fans.

Please note that these are recent examples of winning bets, and it is important to remember that spread betting carries a high level of risk to your capital and can result in losses larger than your initial stake/deposit.