Sports Blog 01/06/2015: Season Review - Top 10 Football Spread Bets of the Premier League Season 2014-15

Arsenal’s all-too-easy 4-0 F.A. Cup final drew the 2014-15 season to a close, but what were the highlights in the league campaign just gone for football spread betters?

Below we highlight the top 10 football spread betting moments of the Premier League 14-15 season with some of the biggest make-ups in our most popular Spreadex markets.

10.
Aston Villa 2 Leicester 1, 7-12-15
Market: Bookings
Spread: 38 – 42
Make-up: 105
Unit profit: 63
The spread betting Bookings market works by offering 10 points per yellow card and 25 per red card issued in a game, with a maximum of 35 points per player.
When Villa hosted then-struggling Leicester in a Midlands derby at Villa Park in early December, the game descended into an ill-tempered affair as referee Craig Pawson had to deal with players clashing all over the park.
In the end eight were booked and Paul Konchesky saw red, although arguably there could have been more cards dished out.
It resulted in a ‘make-up’ of 105 in the Bookings market, meaning a 63 point profit for spread betters who bought Bookings at 42 but a 67 point loss for sellers at 38.

9.
West Brom 0 Liverpool 0, 25-4-15
Market: Match Performance
Spread: 87 – 92
Make-up: -2
Unit profit: 89
The Match Performance spread betting market offers punters the chance to bet on how entertaining – or boring – a match will be based on 15 points awarded per goal, 3 per corner, 5 per yellow card, 15 per red card, 10 per penalty awarded and minus 25 for a goalless draw.
When Liverpool journeyed to West Brom in April this game just about summed up the Reds’ spluttering end to the campaign as virtually nothing happened at all, with just one yellow card and six corners the only action of note.
While the watching 26,663 fans would have been doing their best to stay awake, spread betters who sold the Match Performance at 87 would have been celebrating an 89 point profit when the market settled at -2. Buyers at 89 would have suffered a 94 point loss.

8.
Newcastle 1 QPR 0, 22-11-14
Market: Multicorners
Spread: 30 – 33
Make-up: 132
Unit Profit: 99
Things were so much better for Newcastle earlier in the season and this victory over QPR in November made it six wins on the spin for the Toon at the time. Spread betters, however, were more interested in the incredibly high corner count in the match as Newcastle took 16 and QPR 7.
It meant a Multicorners (first half corners taken multiplied by second half corners taken) ‘make-up’ of 132, as 11 were taken in the first-half and 12 in the second, and a 99 point profit for buyers at 33 or a 102 point loss for sellers at 30.

7.
West Brom 3 Chelsea 0, 18-05-15
Market: Performance Supremacy
Spread: Chelsea/West Brom 21 – 26
Make-up: -87
Unit profit: 108
The Performance Supremacy spread betting market allows you to bet on how well one team will perform against another based on a series of outcomes, not merely goals scored.
Points are awarded per team as per entry number 9 above; 15 per goal, 3 per corner, 5 per yellow card, 15 per red card, 10 per penalty awarded and minus 25 for a goalless draw.
So when West Brom smashed champions Chelsea 3-0 in May it was quite an upset meaning sellers on the Performance Supremacy price at 21 made a 108 point profit when the market settled at -87. Buyers at 26 would have suffered a 113 point loss.

6.
Leicester 5 Man United 3, 21-9-15
Market: Shirt Numbers
Spread: 44 – 47
Make-up: 157
Unit profit: 110
This incredible match early on in the campaign in September saw Leicester fight back from 3-1 down an hour into the game, to end up smashing Manchester United 5-3.
It was also an incredible day for spread betters who bought Shirt Numbers at 47 as they pocketed a 110 point profit, but not so great for sellers at 44 who suffered a 113 point loss.
Shirt Numbers is the total number of the shirt numbers of all goalscorers in a game so with players including Esteban Cambiasso wearing 19, Leonardo Ulloa wearing 23 (two goals), David Nugent wearing 35, Ander Herrara wearing 21 and Robin van Persie wearing 20 all getting on the scoresheet as well as Jamie Vardy wearing 9 and Angel Di Maria wearing 7 it ended with a bumper Shirt Numbers make-up of 157.

5.
Burnley 2 West Brom 2, 8-2-15
Market: Headed Goal Minutes
Spread: 22 – 25
Make-up: 155
Unit profit: 130
When spread betting on football you can not only bet on the number of goals that will be scored in a game or when they will be scored, but also how they will be scored.
Headed Goal Minutes is a market which allows you spread bet on the total number of minutes from any headed goals scored in a match.
So when all four goals in Burnley’s 2-2 draw with West Brom in February came from headers it meant a bumper payday for buyers of Headed Goal Minutes at 25 as the market settled at 155 for a 130 point profit. Sellers at 22 suffered a 133 point loss.

4.
Sunderland 1 Crystal Palace 4, 11-4-15
Market: Yannick Bolasie Player Goal Minutes
Spread: 6 – 9
Make-up: 166
Unit profit: 157
Player Goal Minutes markets are the spread betting equivalent to Anytime Goalscorer fixed odds football bets with the spread based on the total number of minutes from goals scored by a named player in a match.
So Yannick Bolasie’s rather unexpected second-half hat-trick in Crystal Palace’s 4-1 win over Sunderland in April resulted in a huge ‘make-up’ of 166.
It meant a 157 point profit for buyers of Bolasie’s Goal Minutes at 9 but a 160 point loss for sellers at 6.

3.
Man City 0 Arsenal 2, 18-1-15
Market: City Corners Squared
Spread: 57 – 65
Make-up: 256
Unit profit: 191
This win for Arsenal at then-reigning champions Manchester City in January had Gunners fans dreaming that they could possibly mount a late title challenge.
But spread betters were more impressed by the home side’s huge corner count of 16 corners taken in the game meaning City Corners Squared made-up at 256 (16 x 16).
For buyers of City Corners Squared at 65 it resulted in a massive 191 point profit while sellers at 57 were hit with a painful 199 point loss.

2.
Man City 6 QPR 0, 10-5-15
Market: Sergio Aguero Super Mega Goal Minutes
Spread: 49 – 55
Make-up: 299
Unit profit: 244
One of the newer Spreadex football spread betting markets on offer is an expansion to the Player Goal Minutes mentioned earlier, with this market doubling the minutes for any second goal scored by a named player and tripling the minutes for any third goal scored by the same player.
So Sergio Aguero’s hat-trick in City’s 6-0 demolition of sorry QPR in May meant his Super Mega Goal Minutes market ‘made up’ at 299.
Buyers at 55 saw a profit of 244 points while sellers at 49 suffered a 250 loss.

1.
Everton 3 Chelsea 6, 30-8-14
Market: Total Goal Minutes
Spread: 120 - 130
Make-up: 502
Unit profit: 372
Chelsea signalled their intent for the season ahead with this pummelling of Everton early on in the campaign in August. For spread betters playing on the Total Goal Minutes market – the total of all the minutes of the goals scored in a match – it resulted in a whopping ‘make up’ of 502.
Buyers at 130 were left to toast a 372 point profit while sellers at 120 felt the burn of a 382 point loss.