Although there was a relative lack of a multitude of top-level sport to start the week, savvy punters still made significant profit from the football, tennis, and cricket action on offer over the last couple of days.

As always, we highlight some of the key big winning spread bets from Monday and Tuesday!

Please remember Spread betting carries a high level of risk to your capital and can result in losses larger than your initial stake/deposit. They may not be suitable for everyone so please ensure you fully understand the risks involved.

SWIATEK V SVITOLINA – SVITOLINA POINTS (SETTLED AT 111)

In the Wimbledon women’s draw, world number one Iga Swiatek was looking to break new ground at SW19 after a relative lack of prior success on the grass courts, compared to her achievements at Roland Garros and the US Open. Although reaching a career-best result of a quarter-final, Swiatek did show some vulnerability – namely in her round-of-16 three set win over Belinda Bencic. 

Savvy punters may have taken that as evidence that Elina Svitolina belied her outsider odds and had a real chance of grabbing a spot in the semi-finals with a win over the Pole. As it was, after a slow start Svitolina secured back-to-back service breaks to grab the first set 7-5 but let a 4-1 lead slip in the second set tie-break to go to a decider.

The Ukrainian was not to be denied though and produced an incredible third set to dominate Swiatek 6-2. Svitolina was a 5-1 outsider on the fixed odds both pre-match and at the start of the third set, but a spread market which proved potentially profitable was the Svitolina Points market. With a starting spread of 58 – 62 and a make-up of 111, buyers were left with a 49x return on their opening wager!

USA V CANADA – CROSS-BOOKINGS (SETTLED AT 0)

In the football action, the USA took on Canada in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In a match that suddenly came to life with both teams scoring in the final minutes of the match (regular time), it was the USA who ultimately came out victorious in a penalty shootout after the Canadians missed three of their five spot kicks.

While buying punters had an opportunity for good profit on the 1^st Match Goal market (settled at 88 with a starting spread of 35 – 38) and Total Goal Minutes market (settled at 178 with a starting spread of 131 – 141), it was the sellers who made significant profit on their wagers.

While Canada were shown four yellow cards within the regulation 90 minutes, USA finished with no bookings, meaning 0 booking points. As such, punters electing to sell on the Cross-Bookings market and the opening spread of 390 – 460 were celebrating the make-up of 0 which meant a 390x return on their stake.

BANGLADESH V AFGHANISTAN – BAN/AFG SUPREMACY (SETTLED AT 70)

And finally, we take a look at the cricket action, where Bangladesh took on Afghanistan in the 3^rd ODI, trailing 2-0 after the first two. With Afghanistan winning the toss and electing to bat, confidence was evidently high of potentially securing a 3-0 clean sweep.

That wasn’t the way things turned out though, and Bangladesh managed to turn the tables by securing a dominant 7-wicket win, meaning the Bangladesh/Afghanistan market settled at 70. With a pre-match spread of 6 – 16, buyers on that particular market would have been left with a 54x return on their opening stake.

Please note that these are examples of winning bets from the past week, 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.