How did the English clubs get on in the Champions League?

Manchester City lost the battle of the super-rich clubs against Paris Saint-Germain. They put in a decent display in Paris, but City couldn’t find a way past Euro 2020 Player of the Tournament Gianluigi Donnarumma. PSG went ahead through an early goal scored by Idrissa Gueye before Lionel Messi grabbed his first goal since leaving Barcelona as PSG wound up 2-0 winners.

Lionel Messi Goal Minutes (settled at 74)

While punters didn’t find it easy to predict former Everton midfielder Gueye would ping one in the top corner to open the scoring (28/1 with Spreadex sportsbook), it felt written in the stars that Messi would open his PSG account against his former boss Pep Guardiola. We told yesterday that we had seen plenty of buyers of Messi’s Goal Minutes spread, set at 21-24, and those buyers made a tidy profit of 50 times their bet when the Argentine maestro scored PSG’s second goal after 74 minutes.

Liverpool fared much better in their Champions League encounter, winning 5-1 at Porto. Their ever-reliable front three of Salah, Mane and Firmino scored all five goals as the Reds made it two wins from two to remain top of the group of death that also contains AC Milan and Atletico Madrid.

Hotshots (settled at 100)

The Hotshots market combines the goals of four named players, awarding 25 points per goal scored by any of them. Last night’s Hotshots were Mehdi Taremi, Toni Martinez, Salah and Mane, and they combined for four goals (two for Salah and one each for Mane and Taremi) to total 100 points. Buyers of the Hotshots market, which was set at 33-37, won 63 times their stake.

What happened in the AC Milan v Atletico Madrid game?

Just like in their last game, at Liverpool, Milan got themselves in front in this game, only to concede late goals that sees them rooted to the bottom of Group B with no points. Rafael Leao put the hosts ahead but, after doing down to 10 men after just half an hour, they couldn’t hold out, conceding late goals to Antoine Griezmann and Luis Suarez to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Multi-Bookings (settled at 1800)

A bad-tempered affair saw seven yellows and a red card flashed, two of those yellows and the subsequent red shown to Franck Kessie who was dismissed on the half hour mark. Multi-Bookings awards 10 points per yellow card and 25 per red and multiplies the first half total by the second half. Buyers of Multi-Bookings (470-570) made 1230 times their bet as the market settled at 1800 (45x40).

Were there any Champions League shocks?

The biggest shock in many a year saw Moldovan minnows Sheriff Tiraspol beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu 2-1. Priced at 20/1 to win before the game with Spreadex sportsbook, Sheriff were playing their 10^th Champions league game of the season already having come through four rounds of qualifying and started to dream when Jasurbek Yakhshiboev headed them ahead. When Madrid were awarded a penalty, scored by Karim Benzema, the hosts were expected to go on and canter to victory, but Luxembourg international Sebastien Thill rifled in a last-minute winner.

Sheriff Performance (settled at 35)

The Moldovan champions were given little hope heading into this game, and their Performance spread was set at just 4-8, meaning buyers copped 27 times their bet. The Performance market awards 25 for a win, 15 for a goal, 10 for a draw or clean sheet and 3 for a corner, with 5 and 15 taken off for yellow and red cards.

What happened in yesterday’s IPL games?

Mumbai Indians got their first victory since the IPL restarted, beating Punjab Kings by six wickets, while Kolkata Knight Riders scraped past Delhi Capitals by three wickets.

Mumbai Indians v Punjab Kings Multi-Sixes (settled at 5)

This market multiplies the total sixes in one innings by the total sixes from the other innings. Despite having a quality batting line-up, including the legendary West Indian Chris Gayle, the Punjab Kings only managed one six in an innings which saw them lose wickets regularly. That was good news for sellers in the Multi-Sixes market, which started at 30-36, banking them 25 times their bet when Mumbai hit five maximums.