Weekend's Big Winning Bets

Brighton and Brentford both helped themselves to 5-2 wins at the weekend as Manchester United’s resurgence continued with a 3-1 win at Old Trafford over old foes Arsenal. Elsewhere Liverpool and Manchester City dropped points again and in the big one north of the border, Celtic smashed Rangers 4-0 to put themselves five points clear of their bitter rivals.

In rugby union, New Zealand gained revenge on Argentina with a thumping victory whilst South Africa won away in Australia and finally, The Hundred went the way of Trent Rockets as they beat Manchester Originals by two wickets in the final at Lord’s.

As ever, there was plenty to catch your sporting eye this weekend and we have found three winning bets from football, rugby league and cricket which caught our traders out.

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

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION v LEICESTER CITY – 1^ST LEICESTER GOAL (SETTLED AT 1)

One of the social media sensations over the first few weeks of the season has been the ‘Tik-Tok Goal’ which if executed correctly, gives a team a one on one chance almost direct from kick-off. Kylian Mbappe scored the quickest goal in Ligue 1 history using this strategy and it has been used to full effect from the Eredivisie to the Irish League.

Sunday’s 1^st minute goal was scored in a slightly different fashion as Leicester hassled and pressed Brighton into losing possession before Youri Tielemans fed Patson Daka who teed up strike partner Kelechi Iheanacho with an unmissable opportunity.

It was pandemonium in the Leicester away end, but that was probably the highlight of the visitors’ afternoon as they succumbed to a 5-2 defeat to heap the pressure on Brendan Rodgers. One small crumb of comfort for fans would have come if they had sold the 1^st Leicester Goal market.

With a spread of 58.50-61.50 at kick-off, Iheanacho’s first minute strike gave sellers a maximum win of 57.50x their initial stake.

LEEDS RHINOS v CASTLEFORD TIGERS – MATCH MULTI-POINTS (SETTLED AT 0)

Super League sides have been doing it tough lately with so many games crammed into a few weeks due to the World Cup at the end of the year and some of the quality has suffered as a result.

Viewers of Saturday’s televised game would have been rapidly changing channel as Leeds and Castleford served up some of the poorest rugby seen in recent times with knock-ons and penalties aplenty. With so much at stake, it was perhaps a surprise to see Leeds spurn some of the chances to kick for goal – especially with a red-hot Rhys Martin in the side – but they always opted to run the ball.

Ash Handley’s effort in the 5^th minute was perhaps as close as either side got to opening the scoring in the first 40 minutes but with the scores locked at 0-0 at half-time Multi-Points was going to settle at 0 regardless of the second half points tally.

Viewers who stuck with it, alongside the 15,418 inside Headingley were rewarded with a thrilling 14-8 comeback at the death from the Rhinos which saw them progress into the play-offs at Castleford’s expense.

With the Match Multi-Points spread at 506-550 before kick-off, it was another maximum win for sellers as they won 506x their initial stake.

AUSTRALIA v ZIMBABWE – MATCH SUPREMACY AUS/ZIM (SETTLED AT -30)

A sensational bowling performance from Zimbabwe, with spinner Ryan Burl finishing with figures of 5-10, saw the African side record their first win over Australia in the 50-over format since 2014 on Saturday.

With Australia into bat first, the supremacy line was set at 137-147 (one point for every run won by, 10 points for every wicket won by) and the hosts were firm favourites having won the first two matches in the series quite comfortably.

They got off to a poor start, however, and apart from David Warner who battled his way to 94, it didn’t really improve for the hosts who were eventually skittled for 141.

With Zimbabwe working hard to earn themselves a very achievable target, they meandered their way to the required total with 12 overs to spare, losing seven wickets along the way. Regis Chakabva’s put in a true captain’s performance in the middle order as his knock of 37 steadied the ship after the visitors had lost three wickets for one run.

A three-wicket win for Zimbabwe saw the Supremacy market settle at -30 as sellers collected a win of 167x their initial 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.