A World Snooker Championship shocker, a bizarre bust-up in the Championship and a couple of big scorelines in the Champions League and Europa League all feature in April’s top 5 sports spread bets!
5. Ronnie O’Sullivan vs James Cahill, World Snooker Championship 1st Round
Date: 23/04/2019Market: James Cahill Points Make-up: 912Initial spread: 465 – 495 Potential profit: 417 x initial stake
In what was one of the biggest sporting shocks of the month, James Cahill – the first ever amateur player to qualify for the World Snooker Championship – beat world no. 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan in the opening round. This meant he racked up far more points than expected, leaving the 23-year old with a Cahill Points make-up of 912!
4. Porto vs Liverpool, UEFA Champions League, QUARTER-FINAL 2nd LEG
Date: 17/04/2010Market: Headed Super Mega Minutes (minutes are doubled for 2nd headed goal and trebled for 3rd) Make-up: 474 Initial spread: 33 – 39 Potential profit: 435 x initial stake
Setting up a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona, Liverpool breezed past Porto in the quarter-finals, with a particularly emphatic 4-1 win in Portugal. A consolation goal from Eder Militao, and a pair of victory-sealing headers from Roberto Firmino and Virgil can Dijk, left a Headed Super Mega Minutes make-up of 474.
3. Chelsea vs Slavia Prague, UEFA Europa League, QUARTER-FINAL 2nd LEG
Date: 18/04/2019 Market: Goals x Shirts (Total Goals x Total Shirts) Make-up: 889 Initial spread: 185 – 194Potential profit: 695 x initial stake
Chelsea were unexpectedly tested in the 2nd leg of their Europa League quarter-final 2nd leg, with Slavia Prague coming back from 4-1 down to 4-3 by the end of the fixture. Those 7 goals, multiplied by a Total Shirts number of 127 – in large part thanks to a brace from no. 23 Petr Sevcik – led to a Goals x Shirts make-up of 889.
2. Leeds vs Aston Villa, Championship
Date: 28/04/2019 Market: Cross Bookings (Team A’s Bookings Points x Team B’s Bookings Points) Make-up: 1800 Initial spread: 345 – 405 Potential profit: 1395 x initial stake
Things were already tense between Leeds and Aston Villa before the game took a bizarre turn in the 2nd half, with 4 yellow cards dished out by the hour mark. However, things fell apart in the 73rd minute, as the Whites scored a goal after teasing stopping play as Villa’s Jonathan Kojia lay on the floor. The resulting melee led to another pair of yellows and a red card for Ahmed El Ghazi – as well as an uncontested equaliser for Villa – and pushed the Cross Bookings make-up to a whopping 1800.
1. Nottinghamshire vs Lancashire, Royal London One-Day Cup
Date: 19/04/2019 Market: Launch! (Highest individual batsman score x Highest scoring over) Make-up: 4648Initial spread: 2125 – 2225Potential profit: 2423 x initial stake
In perhaps the highlight of the 2019 Royal London One-Day Cup so far, Nottinghamshire beat Lancashire in a thrilling 823 run match that saw Notts – who are yet to lose a game in the competition – win by just 11 runs. This despite a colossal 166 from Lancashire’s Dane Vilas, a big performance that contributed to a massive Launch! make-up of 2423.
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