The 2nd round of Champions League qualifying, a tough to call World Matchplay pairing, a Real test for Arsenal and England’s Ashes prep – it’s the Spread Bets of the Day!

1. The New Saints vs Copenhagen – Dame N’Doye SMM, 48-56
The Welsh champions made a bit of a meal of their 1st round of qualifying. They looked to have the fixture as a whole sewn up in the 1st leg, leading 2-0 with minutes to go, only to concede twice before the final whistle. They did recover in the 2nd leg, beating Feronikeli 1-0 in Pristina to set up a 2nd round clash against Copenhagen.

The 19/20 Danish Superliga is already underway, with FCK at the top of the table after 2 wins in 2. Their season-opener featured a brace from Dame N’Doye, who heads to Park Hall with a threatening SMM spread of 48-56.


2. Celtic vs Nomme Kalju – Celtic 3-1, 25-28
Though Celtic conceded against Sarajevo in both legs – something that really shouldn’t be happening this early on in qualifying – they did win with relative ease overall, beating the Bosnians 5-2 on aggregate.

Another comfortable victory should be in reach for Neil Lennon’s lot – Estonian champs Nomme Kalju are only here thanks to an injury time away goal – though it isn’t out of the realms of possibility that the Scots will concede. Hence Spreadex are offering a Celtic 3-1 binary spread of 25-28.


3. James Wade vs Mensur Suljovic – Wade/Suljovic 10-3 Supremacy, -0.5-2.5
In the toughest to call pairing of Tuesday’s World Matchplay 2nd round – Michael van Gerwen, Michael Smith and Gary Anderson are all fancied in their respective fixtures – world nos. 8 and 9 James Wade and Mensur Suljovic meet at the Winter Gardens.

The Englishman just about has the edge over his Austrian peer, at a Wade/Suljovic 10-3 Supremacy spread of -0.5-2.5, where the winner receives 10 points plus a further 3 points for each leg the game is won by.


4. Real Madrid vs Arsenal – Arsenal to win match, 25-30.8
So far Arsenal’s pre-season tour has been going very well indeed. A 3-0 win at Colorado Rapids was probably expected; 2-1 and 3-0 victories over Bayern Munich and Fiorentina respectively probably weren’t. Eddie Nketiah has been the star Gunner in the International Champions Cup, nabbing the winner against the Germans and a brace against the Italians.

Any time Unai Emery’s side go up against a team like Real Madrid they are going to be the underdogs. Yet the Spaniards did lose to Bayern at the weekend, meaning an Arsenal win – at a binary spread of 25-30.8 – could be on the cards.


5. England vs Ireland 1st Test – Joe Root SMR, 155-165
England are preparing for the start of the Ashes next week with a bit of a softball: a one-off Test against Ireland on Wednesday morning.

Top scorer for his country at the World Cup, captain Joe Root will be looking to swing big. He sits at a Super Mega Runs spread of 155-165 – where runs 1-50 count normally, runs 51-100 count double and runs 101-plus count treble.

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