The Bundesliga returned last month, and with it some big make-ups – though it couldn’t take the number one spot. So what did? It’s time to find the top 5 spread bets of May 2020!

5. Gabriel Clemens v Christian Bunse, German Super League
Date: 17.05.20
Market: Highest Checkout x Total 180s
Make-up: 959
Initial spread: 355-400
Potential profit: 559 x initial stake

Before we get to football, we take a trip to the German Super League, as Gabriel Clemens took on Christian Bunse.

With a highest checkout of 137, and 7 total 180s across the tie, the Highest Checkout x Total 180s make-up hit 959. Take off a starting price of 355-400, and that’s 559 times your initial stake.

4. Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen, Bundesliga
Date: 18.05.20
Market: Total Goal Minutes x Corners
Make-up: 2,530
Initial spread: 1,450-1,575
Potential profit: 955 x initial stake

In a game that saw Bayer Leverkusen thump Werder Bremen 4-1 – in large part thanks to a brace from Kai Havertz – the total goal minutes added up to 230.

Multiple that by 11 corners, and you get a Total Goal Minutes x Corners make-up of 2,530. Buy at 1,450-1,575 and you were left with 955 times your opening bet.

3. Paderborn v Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga
Date: 31.05.20
Market: Dortmund Goals x Corners x Bookings
Make-up: 1,440
Initial spread: 220-280
Potential profit: 1,160 x initial stake

Almost guaranteeing Paderborn’s return to 2. Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund punished their hosts 6-1, including a hat-trick for Jadon Sancho.

Those 6 goals for the visitors, times the 8 corners they managed, then multiplied by the 30 bookings points they picked up, led to a Dortmund Goals x Corners x Bookings make-up of 1,440. Factor in a starting price of 220-280, and that’s 1,160 times your initial wager.

2. Bundesliga Tuesday TV Group
Date: 26.05.20
Market: Bookings x Corners (Total Bookings Points x Total Corners)
Make-up: 1,440
Initial spread: 220-280
Potential profit: 1,160 x initial stake

It was a busy Bundesliga night on Tuesday 26th May, including Wolfsburg beating Leverkusen 4-1, Frankfurt and Freiburg drawing 3-3, and Bayern effectively winning the league by beating Dortmund 1-0.

The quarter of fixtures – the other game was a goalless draw between Werder and Monchengladbach – saw 180 booking points and 49 corners total, leading to a Bookings x Corners make-up of 8,820. Back that market at a starting price of 6,200-6,900 and you get 1,920 times your initial stake.

1. Smolevichi v BATE Borisov, Belarusian Premier League
Date: 10.05.20
Market: Shirts x Bookings (Total Shirt Numbers x Total Bookings Points)
Make-up: 16,100
Initial spread: 3,350-3,650
Potential profit: 12,450 x initial stake

Even though German football returned in May, it couldn’t stop the Belarusian Premier League from taking the top spot.

BATE Borisov, who spent the month inching towards a record 16th title, beat hosts Smolevichi 5-3, in a game that saw 7 yellow cards handed out.

Crucially, a brace for no. 26 Nemanja Milic, and a goal for no. 97 Jean Morel Poe, pushed the total Shirts numbers to 230. Multiple that by 70 booking points, and you get a ludicrous Shirts x Bookings make-up of 16,100.

Buy at a starting price of 3,350 to 3,650, and you would have ended up with 12,450 times your initial stake.