The Premier League title race is occupying plenty of minds at the moment as one of the tastiest online betting markets in years goes right to the wire. Now 2/5 to land another domestic title, Manchester City turn their focus to European matters and the Champions League is one of three major betting events picked out by our traders in this week’s betting blog.

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

FOOTBALL – CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

There was plenty of excitement when the draw for the Champions League quarter finals was completed and that certainly lived up to expectations with four thrilling matches in the first legs. Tonight sees Barcelona and Atletico Madrid take first leg leads into their clashes with PSG and Borussia Dortmund respectively.

Barca are 23/20 to win tonight and are 1/4 to qualify, whilst Atleti are 40/85 to make the last four and set up a potential all-Spanish showdown. On the other side of the draw are the two remaining English sides who played out high scoring draws with their opponents.

City will certainly be the happier of the two, having secured a point on the road in Spain and Pep Guardiola’s side are 8/13 to qualify at Real Madrid’s expense. Arsenal however will have to bury their demons against Bayern Munich with the German giants 8/11 to qualify whilst Gunners fans will be hoping the 11/10 on their side to reach the semis is a winner.

We have some aggregate spreads that may well be of interest to football spread betting punters, with the Total Goals spread for all four matches set at 12.9-13.4. The first legs saw a combined total of 18 goals scored which provided a handy profit for buyers, whilst Total Goals for the matches is 656-681 tonight.

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HORSE RACING – CRAVEN MEETING

Flat racing returns to its spiritual home this week as the first day of the Craven meeting gets underway at Newmarket. The highlight of this three-day event comes on Thursday when the Group 3 Craven Stakes will be contested and horse racing betting punters will have this race circled in their calendar as a key trial for the 2000 Guineas which takes place over the same course and distance on the first weekend in May.

There are two Group 3 races tomorrow and a jam-packed card of action today. The first race gets underway at 13:20 today and flat racing fans will be familiar with the sight of two Godolphin runners at the head of the market. Charlie Appleby’s Hallasan – currently 4/5 to win the race – has been boosted from 2/1 to 5/2 to win by over two lengths.

We will have plenty of horse racing spread betting markets as well as price boosts and specials from Newmarket and all of the other midweek racing.

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DARTS – PREMIER LEAGUE

The darts is going on tour this week as the 12^th night of the Premier League season sees the eight players head to Michael Van Gerwen’s home turf for a night at the always boisterous Rotterdam Ahoy.

Despite boasting home advantage, MVG is 6/1 to land the spoils on Thursday, though he does have four nightly wins to his name. Top of the table is the irrepressible Luke Littler who is 11/4 to win the night in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, the man who beat the Nuke in the World Championship final, Luke Humphries, is 2/1 to take a victory that would carry him to the top of the table and Gerwyn Price at 11/2 is the other man at a single figure price.

In the quarter-final draw, Littler is 4/9 to beat Michael Smith, there is a short 4/7 price about Gerwyn to beat Rob Cross, Peter Wright is 8/15 to get beaten at this stage for the tenth time this season in his clash with Nathan Aspinall, whilst at 4/7, Humphries will fancy his chances dealing with MVG.

Away from the fixed odds selections, we have plenty of options for darts spread betting punters including Total 180s markets, Highest Checkout spreads and many more for each match as well as aggregate markets for the night as a whole.

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