August was a huge month for sport – and corners – including the Champions League, Europa League and World Championship. But what were the top 5 biggest bets?

5. Champions League Quarter-Finals TV Specials Group
Date: 15.08.20
Market: Bookings x Corners (Sum of Total Bookings Points for each game x Sum of Total Corners for each game)
Make-up: 11,040
Initial spread: 6,900-7,600
Potential profit: 3,440 x initial stake

In one of the most memorable sets of Champions League quarter-finals on record, Lyon shocked Man City, RB Leipzig saw off Atletico, PSG stunned Atalanta and Bayern rained ruin down on Barcelona (more on that below).

All in all there were 24 yellow cards handed out across the quarters – 9 of those came during Atalanta v PSG – sending Bookings points to 240, with a massive 46 Total Corners. Multiple those together and you get a Bookings x Corners makeup of 11,040, against a starting spread of 6,900-7,600. That’s 3,440 times your initial stake.

4. Europa League Thursday TV Group
Date: 06.08.20
Market: Corner Bonanza (Total Corners per game, multiplied together)
Make-up: 16,731
Initial spread: 9,300-10,550
Potential profit: 6,181 x initial stake

Thursday 6th August’s Europa League last-16 fixture list created another big night for corners. There were 9 between Wolves and Olympiakos, 11 for Bayer Leverkusen and Rangers, and 13 during both Sevilla versus Roma, and Basel against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Multiple each of those numbers together and you get a Corners Bonanza makeup of 16,731. Buy at an opening price of 9,300-10,550 and you won 6,181 times your initial stake.

3. Portland Timbers v Real Salt Lake, MLS
Date: 30.08.20
Market: Total Goal Minutes x Corners
Make-up: 8,151
Initial spread: 1,375-1500
Potential profit: 6,651 x initial stake

Taking a break from Europe, MLS is Back Tournament winners Portland Timbers found themselves stuck with a 4-4 draw against Real Salt Lake in the US season proper. Heading into the final minute the Timbers had been leading 4-2, only for Giuseppe Rossi and Sam Johnson to draw the visitors level in the game’s dying moments.

With the Total Goal Minutes market coming in at 429, and 19 corners throughout the fixture, Total Goal Minutes x Corners shot to 8,151. Buy at 1,375-1,500, and you picked up 6,651 times your original wager.

2. Kyren Wilson v Anthony McGill, World Snooker Championship
Date: 12.08.20
Market: Frame 33 Multi-Points (Player A Points x Player B Points)
Make-up: 8,549
Initial spread: 1,374-1,524
Potential profit: 7,025 x initial stake

An astonishing World Snooker Championship semi-final came to a suitably thrilling close, as Kyren Wilson won the 33rd, and deciding, frame against Anthony McGill 103-86 to reach his first ever final. Given what happened in said final, Wilson’s memories of the competition may want to end there...

Anyway, that unforgettable finish led to a Frame 33 Multi-Points makeup of 8.549. Buy at 1,374-1,524 and you potted yourself 7,025 times your opening bet.

1. Barcelona v Bayern Munich, Champions League
Date: 15.08.20
Market: Goals x Corners x Bookings
Make-up: 9,000
Initial spread: 1,500-1,650
Potential profit: 7,350 x initial stake

Could it be anything else? A game that has brought about the dissolution of the Barcelona dynasty, and left Lionel Messi looking abroad, was just as significant for football spread betting fans.

Bayern Munich’s immediately legendary 8-2 victory could’ve made you money in a multitude of different ways. But best was Goals x Corners x Bookings.

With 10 goals, 15 corners and 6 yellows – i.e. 60 Bookings points – the market came in at 9,000. Buy at 1,500-1,650, and won a super-sized 7,350 times your initial stake.