Monday saw some more exciting sporting action as we came off the back of a dramatic weekend, with the standout event being Man Utd grabbing a surprise home victory against Liverpool at Old Trafford in the Monday night football.

In The Hundred, the Southern Brave overcame Welsh Fire as Paul Stirling reached a half-century off just 26 balls. George Garton had a phenomenal performance with the ball for the visitors as he took three wickets for just seven runs, while the loss for Welsh Fire means they will definitely not qualify for the eliminator.

Among the other action, we draw nearer to the final tennis Grand Slam of the season at the US Open, as the final North American warm-up events are taking place, including ATP Winston-Salem, where Brit Kyle Edmund is continuing his return from injury.

As usual, we look at three big winning spread bets from Monday’s action.

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

MAN UTD V LIVERPOOL – CROSS BOOKINGS (SETTLED AT 300)

With both sides desperate for a win – albeit for different reasons – this famous rivalry seemed even more significant on Monday night. With Erik ten Hag ringing the changes, the improvement was palpable, and the home side managed to secure a 2-1 victory.

In terms of the spread betting markets of note, the bookings markets are the ones that ended up being most profitable. With the match being played in a competitive but generally respectful mood, Michael Oliver only had to brandish four yellow cards in total, and only one for the visiting side.

As such, selling punters on the Cross-Bookings market would have been very happy with the fairly conservative settlement of 300 from a pre-match spread of 555 – 635, meaning a 255x return on their opening wager.

O’CONNELL V MANNARINO  – TOTAL POINTS (SETTLED AT 278)

In the tennis action, this matchup between Australia’s Christopher O’Connell and Frenchman Adrian Mannarino had three as the magic number. Three consecutive tie-breaks played, and a total match duration of 3hrs and 33minutes in a best of three-set match!

With no breaks of serve in the opening two sets, the third and deciding one was highly dramatic. With the set seemingly going to yet another tie-break without any breaks of serve, O’Connell lost serve at 4-4, and then saved two match points to break straight back. Then, at 5-6, it was Mannarino’s turn to save match – three consecutive ones.

Ultimately, it was the Frenchman who held his nerve to negotiate the win, and tennis spread betting punters who decided to buy on the Total Points spread of 148 – 153 would end up celebrating, with a settlement of 278 meaning a 125x return on their opening stake!

WELSH FIRE V SOUTHERN BRAVE – SIXES SQUARED (SETTLED AT 25)

Paul Stirling hit an electric 74 off 42 balls and George Garton took three wickets for just seven runs as Southern Brave secured a crucial victory against Welsh Fire.

In another example of punters securing profit through savvy selling, Southern Brave’s victory over the Welsh Fire saw a fairly low make-up on our Sixes Squared market.

With an opening spread of 140 – 164 and a make-up of just 25, selling punters would have been left with a 115x return on their opening wager.