The League Cup played centre stage this week, whilst in the Premier League, Chelsea were beaten by Fulham to extend Graham Potter’s woes. Will the former Brighton man be in the job much longer?

Away from the football there were the usual thrills and spills in the cricket, whilst the weather has played havoc with the racing in the UK and Ireland as Catterick was the only non-all weather meeting to go ahead over the last two days.

We have trawled through the major events from the last few days to find three markets where you could have made a tidy sum ahead of a jam-packed weekend of sport.

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

SOUTHAMPTON v MANCHESTER CIITY – MC/SOU MATCH SUPREMACY (SETTLED AT -2)

Having been set as high 1.9-2.1 on the day of the match, Pep Guardiola’s heavily rotated side saw the Match Supremacy spread come in a little bit on Wednesday to 1.35-1.55 in City’s favour as they took on Southampton.

Nathan Jones hasn’t enjoyed a great start to life at St Mary’s yet the Welshman would have been thrilled with the way his side played the other night as they despatched the perennial League Cup champions.

Two great finishes from Sekou Mara and Moussa Djenepo put the hosts two up at the break and despite Guardiola calling for the heavy artillery of Kevin de Bruyne and Erling Haaland, Southampton held firm. Upsets are always good for sellers on the Match Supremacy and Wednesday was no different with Saints’ 2-0 win seeing the market settle at -2 and sellers winning 3.35x their initial stake.

MELBOURNE STARS v PERTH SCORCHERS – MEL/ADE SUPREMACY (SETTLED AT 90)

Up next is another Match Supremacy market, this time in cricket and this time the buyers came out on the right side of the coin. You can’t move for T20 domestic leagues at the moment, but the Big Bash in Australia consistently draws big viewing figures and those who tuned in yesterday saw a one-sided win for the Melbourne Stars.

Put into bat, Adelaide made 108 before being bowled out in the last over, with three batsmen contributing 81 of those runs. That left Melbourne chasing a straightforward target and they did it with minimum fuss, losing just one wicket with Joe Clarke being run out in the 10^th over.

A nine wicket win for the Stars left Match Supremacy to settle at 90 against a pre-match spread of 3-11 with buyers winning 79x their initial stake.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS v DETROIT PISTONS – TOTAL POINTS (SETTLED AT 163)

Wednesday saw Detroit Pistons travel to play Philadelphia and the underdogs were unable to land a surprise win on the road as their season record was extended to 11-33. Before tip-off, the total points spread was 224-228 and it dipped as low as 213.5-216.5 in-play following a slow start from both teams.

The second half of the game however caught fire with 74 points in the third quarter followed up by 81 points scored in the fourth as the 76ers eased to a 147-116 victory. Joel Embiid was the top scorer on the night as the Cameroon-born centre scored 36 points for the hosts who recorded back-to-back wins over the Pistons.

With the Total Points spread settling at 263, buyers were in the money as they landed a win of 35x 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.