The football action continued on Wednesday as the latest round of Championship and Champions League matchday two fixtures took place seeing a dramatic 3-2 win for Norwich, and a highly impressive 3-0 away win for Sunderland, in which they scored a goal-of-the-season contender. In  the Champions League, an Erling Haaland-inspired Man City grabbed a late comeback victory against Borussia Dortmund, while Chelsea drew in Graham Potter’s first game in charge.

In the other sporting action, England continued their Rugby Union World Cup preparations in landmark fashion as they beat Wales 73-7 at Ashton Gate. It was the Red Roses' 25th successive victory - a feat no Test nation, male or female, had previously accomplished. Unbeaten since 2019, they will go into the World Cup as clear favourites.

As usual, we look at three big winning spread bets bringing savvy punters joy.

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

READING V SUNDERLAND – CROSS-BOOKINGS (SETTLED AT 100)

The Black Cats produced one of their best performances of the season on Wednesday, dealing out a crushing 3-0 defeat to Reading at their home ground. Two quickfire goals in the first half from Patrick Roberts set the away side well on their way to victory and would have delighted punters who decided to buy on the Roberts SMM spread.

However, more profit was to be found elsewhere, and specifically with the Cross-Bookings market. With only one card issued to each team in the entire match – both in the second half – the market settled at 100, meaning punters who decided to sell at the opening spread of 490 – 570 would have been left with 390x their opening wager!

NORWICH V BRISTOL CITY – GOALS X CORNERS X BOOKINGS (SETTLED AT 0)

The Canaries continued their winning run in the Championship with a fifth victory on the bounce, but it was far from easy as they had to earn a 3-2 victory over the visiting Bristol City. Teemu Pukki grabbed a double and Josh Sargent also got onto the scoresheet, and the Canaries are proving to be in full flight now after a slow start to the season.

But where was the profit to be found for punters? With the match featuring remarkably good discipline (or lenient refereeing), there were no bookings for either side in the entire match. This proved to be great news for bettors who decided to sell on some of our multi markets, including the Goals x Corners x Bookings market.

With an opening spread of 1025 – 1075, the 0 multiplier from the bookings element meant that the final make-up was of course 0, meaning those who chose to sell would be left with 1025x their opening stake!

ENGLAND WOMEN V WALES WOMEN – MATCH MULTI-POINTS (SETTLED AT 1600)

England produced another dominant display in front of an 11,600-strong crowd, never looking back following first-half tries for centres Helena Rowland and Emily Scarratt, flanker Marlie Packer and full-back Ellie Kildunne. Scarratt also kicked three conversions, while there was also a penalty try after Wales had (briefly) managed to bring themselves level through a Gwen Crabb touchdown converted by Elinor Snowsill.

The second half was a similar tale of dominance, as further scores followed for Rowland - who completed her hat-trick with two more tries - Scarratt, Alex Matthews, substitutes Amy Cokayne and Hannah Botterman, with two additional Scarratt conversions giving her a 20-point haul, while Rowland added two conversions and Amber Reed one.

But where was the spread betting profit to be found? Punters wouldn’t have gone wrong if they decided to buy on the Match Multi-Points market, with a 1,600 makeup meaning a profit of 346x from the opening spread of 1155 – 1254!

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.