Weekend's Big Winning Bets

The Memorial Stadium in Bristol is not often the place where national headlines are made, but that was the case this weekend as Bristol Rovers secured promotion alongside Exeter City and Forest Green Rovers in a sensational day of League Two.

In the top flight, the title race looks to be over as Liverpool faltered at home against Spurs and at the bottom, it looks to be a two-horse race to avoid the drop between Leeds and Burnley.

With plenty of drama across the country, we bring you the big winning spread markets from the weekend, with a bit of Spanish sun thrown in for good measure.

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

BRISTOL ROVERS v SCUNTHORPE – CORNERS SQUARED (SETTLED AT 484)

There is only one place to start after what was a mental final weekend in the promotion race in League Two. Heading into the weekend, Bristol Rovers were facing an uphill battle to go up, especially when Northampton raced into a 3-0 lead against Barrow.

The Midlands outfit were level on points with Bristol but comfortably ahead on goal difference, with the Gas needing to beat Northampton’s margin of victory by at least five goals. A goal for Barrow on the stroke of half-time reduced the Cobblers’ lead to two and neither side hit the back of the net in the second half leaving Northampton 3-1 winners.

So for Bristol, the task was simple, add five goals without reply to their 2-0 lead in the second half or get ready for the play-offs. Joey Barton’s charges did just that as they routed a youthful Scunthorpe side 7-0 to secure the unlikeliest of promotions.

You may well think that a buy on the goal markets would have been the key to big profits here and whilst you would be right, one of the biggest wins was on corners squared which had an opening spread of 101-112. Buyers needed 11 corners for profit, but they were rewarded with 22, settling the market at 484 and they will have been gassed to collect a win equal to 372x their stake.

MANCHESTER CITY v NEWCASTLE UNITED – TOTAL GOAL MINUTES x CORNERS (SETTLED AT 2980)

Thanks to events at Anfield on Saturday, the title race was well in Manchester City’s hands ahead of their match with Newcastle United the following day and they hammered home five unanswered goals to send themselves three points clear at the top.

Pep Guardiola’s side are now 1/10 with the sportsbook to win back-to-back league titles and some punters landed a big win of their own on Sunday thanks to the Total Goal Minutes x Corners market which settled at 2980.

1775-1950 was the spread before kick-off with City racing into a 2-0 lead at half-time. They added three second-half goals, but crucially for this market, Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden bagged in the 90^th minute or later, leaving Total Goal Minutes to settle at 298. With both sides contributing to the final total of ten corners, buyers secured a win equal to 1030x their stake.

MALLORCA v GRANADA – SHIRTS x BOOKINGS (SETTLED AT 6050)

The Balearics are known for many things; sandy beaches, party islands, and luxury resorts all spring to mind. But this weekend the island of Mallorca was about one thing only. Goals.

Granada were the visitors to Son Moix and before kick-off, they were one point behind Mallorca in the league and just inside the relegation zone. However, when watching the match you would not have thought Granada were playing to avoid the drop as they thumped Mallorca 6-2, with 40-year-old Jorge Molina helping himself to a brace whilst wearing number 23.

Myrto Uzuni (number 24) bagged his first goal of the of the season as he came off the bench for the visitors and Mallorca’s Antonio Raillo (number 21) also did his bit for Shirt Number markets when he scored to cut Granada’s lead to 3-2.

A Bookings total of 50 is probably par for the course in La Liga, but with the Shirt Numbers total rocketing up this was a good day to be buying the Shirts x Bookings market at a spread of 1950-2200. With the final make-up at 6050, buyers were left with a win equal to 3850x their stake.

Please note that these are examples of winning bets from the past week, and it is important to remember that spread betting carries a high level of risk to your capital and can result in losses larger than your initial stake/deposit.