Wednesday’s sports action saw a washout curtailing play in the 1^st Test between England and South Africa, the Trent Rockets defeated the Oval Invincibles in The Hundred, while the final round of Champions League and Europa League qualification continued with the first leg ties.

The remaining Championship matches included a feisty first league defeat of the season for Sunderland at Sheffield United and in the racing, Baeed was brilliant as he hacked up in the Juddmonte.

However, who were the big winners and what markets brought punters some of the most joy (and profit)?

We review Wednesday’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.

DJURGARDENS V APOEL  – GOALS X CORNERS X BOOKINGS (SETTLED AT 3,300)

While this Europa League qualifier may not have seemed a marquee match to watch out for ahead of Wednesday evening, it ended up being one of the most profitable make-ups for savvy spread bettors who chose to buy.

With Swedish side Djurgardens starting the tie as favourites to win the home leg, everything started in ideal fashion for them as they took the lead in the 9^th minute. With the half ending on yellow card apiece, it was still far from clear that a massive make-up would await.

However, after a crazy second half in which 2 more goals were scored, and a massive total of 6 bookings – including two red cards – saw a Booking Points tally of 110 for the match. With 10 total corners also being added to the pot, this saw a calculation of 3 goals x 110 booking points x 10 corners – coming to a total make-up of 3,300. For punters who decided to buy pre-match at the opening spread of 1,125 – 1,250, this meant a colossal 2,050x return on their opening wager!

SHEFFIELD UTD V SUNDERLAND – MULTI-BOOKINGS (SETTLED AT 1,250)

The Black Cats’ trip to Bramall Lane may have ended in disappointment as they saw their first defeat of a promising start to the Championship season, 2-1 to Sheffield Utd. However, a feisty affair – which started with an first-half red card for Sunderland midfielder Neill Daniel – went further downhill for the away side as they conceded the opening goal just two minutes after that dismissal.

For spread bettors, the main drama was to come very late on, and especially for those who had decided to buy on any of Spreadex’s bookings markets. With no less than three yellow cards being issued in stoppage time at the end of the match, this supercharged the final make-ups for those who decided to buy – with Multi-Bookings being one of such markets.

Punters who decided to buy pre-match at a spread of 420 – 510 would have been celebrating a huge return of 740x their opening stake!

WOLVERHAMPTON RACING – RACING POST FAVS (SETTLED AT 25)

It usually takes a brave punter to go against the grain and place their wagers against the favourites when it comes to racing but doing this brought good profit to such bettors on the racing at Wolverhampton.

As one of Spreadex’s less volatile spread markets, The Racing Post Favs market works by calculating the performance(s) of the Racing Post favourite (as indicated by the 1^st horse named in the betting forecast in the tabloid edition of the Racing Post) aggregated for all of the races at a meeting.

With an opening spread which was as high as 81 – 85, selling bettors would have been celebrating the unusually low makeup of 25, meaning a 56x return on their initial stake!

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.