Top 3 bets from Monday's Premier League, T20 & NFL games

Who won the Monday Night Football between Wolves and Everton?

Wolves moved up to 7^th in the Premier League table with a deserved 2-1 win over Everton, who slumped to their 3^rd straight defeat. Bruno Lage’s men have now won four and drawn one of the last five games to shoot up the table, leapfrogging last night’s opponents, who have dropped to 10^th as early season optimism quickly dries up. Max Kilman and Raul Jiminez put the hosts two up just after the half hour, and while Everton got one back through Alex Iwobi in the second half, they couldn’t go on to grab an equaliser.

Raul Jiminez Player Goal Minutes (settled at 32)

We mentioned in yesterday’s blog that despite only hitting the net once this season, there was some buying of Raul Jiminez Goal Minutes, with the spread at 21-24. The Mexican had scored in every game he’d played against the Toffees, and he kept up that record last night with the second in a 2-1 win. Unfortunately for buyers, his goal came pretty early, and despite some decent chances, he couldn’t add to it, meaning their profit was limited to 8 times their stake.

Are England still beating all-comers at the T20 World Cup?

England all but guaranteed their spot in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup with a 26-run win over Sri Lanka, their 4^th from 4 games. This was by far their sternest test, but after falling to 35-3 Jos Buttler scored a magnificent unbeaten 101 to help them post 163-4. Sri Lanka made a decent fist of the run chase, but having needed 34 off 20 balls, they lost their last five wickets in quick time to be bowled out for 137 in 19 overs.

Jos Buttler Runs (settled at 101)

Jos Buttler became the first Englishman – and 16^th man in total – to score a Test, one day and T20 century when he brought up his hundred with a memorable 6 off the final ball of England’s innings.

It took 45 balls to reach 50 and just 22 to go from there to 100. Buttler has been England’s form man, and started with a Runs spread of 31-35, but still rewarded buyers, who pocketed 66 times their bet as that final six sailed high into the night sky.

What happened in the NFL Monday Night Football between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Giants?

The Chiefs got the all-important win, 20-17, that lifts them back to .500 for the season, but their form is still scratchy to say the least and they had to grind it out even against the 2-6 Giants. With much tougher games to come, star quarter-back Patrick Mahomes needs to get back to his best quickly.

Kansas City Launch! (settled at 288)

This market is made up of the longest completed pass multiplied by the longest run from scrimmage. Pre-match the spread was set at 1125-1275, but sellers, aware that the Chiefs offence has not been functioning well, were out in force. Kansas City lead the league in turnovers, a fact that seems to be affecting their game. Mahomes completed his first eight passes last night but just as all was looking good, his ninth was intercepted and he went six for 19 the rest of the half. This seemed to lead to a lot of short passes to get the ball moving quickly, which played into the hands of sellers of the Kansas City Launch! market. Selling at 1125 garnered punters 837 times their bet.