Weekend's Big Winning Bets 01.12.25

There were plenty of big winning bets from the weekend’s online betting action and we have found three markets where our savvy punters got one over our trading team.

CHELSEA v ARSENAL – CROSS BOOKINGS (SETTLED AT 2100)

The biggest game of the weekend in the Premier League came yesterday afternoon as Chelsea and Arsenal played out an entertaining draw at Stamford Bridge.

In a match filled with drama, referee Anthony Taylor was busy from the off, with the Mancunian dismissing Moises Caicedo in the first half. Despite being reduced to ten men, Chelsea took the lead but were pegged back when Mikel Merino headed home. The scoreline remained the same, but the cards continued to flow with Viktor Gyokeres booked on his return from injury for a late challenge on Robert Sanchez.

With Chelsea shown 35 booking points and Arsenal awarded 60, it was a good day to buy Cross-Bookings at 595-685. With the market settling at 2100, buyers won 1415x their stake.

FIGHTING FIFTH HURDLE – CONSTITUTION HILL 50-25-10 (SETTLED AT 0)

In November 2022, Constitution Hill won the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle, before going on to win the Christmas Hurdle, Champion Hurdle, and Aintree Hurdle.

Times have changed since then, and Nicky Henderson took his enigmatic eight-year-old back to Gosforth Park in the hope of relighting a flame which seemed to have been snuffed out in recent times. High profile failures at Cheltenham, Aintree, and Punchestown earlier this year will have been fresh in punters’ memories as Constitution Hill was sent off with a Race Index spread of 22-25 on Saturday.

With Nico de Boinville once again in the saddle, there was a cheer from the grandstand when his mount cleared the first hurdle, but that soon turned to stunned silence as he came down at the second. The beneficiary, as at the Cheltenham Festival, was Golden Ace once again who picked up another Grade One title thanks to a clean round of jumping.

It is sad to see such a horse go through a poor run of form like this, but sellers will have had the comfort of a win of 22x their stake.

INDIA v SOUTH AFRICA – SIXES SQUARED (SETTLED AT 784)

With cricket spread betting fans gearing up for the second Ashes Test this week, there was time to take in a high scoring ODI match between India and South Africa at the weekend in Ranchi.

India batted first and led by a knock of 135 from Virat Kohi, they made their way to 349-8 after 50 overs. In reply, South Africa were 11-3 before making a game of it, coming up 17 runs short with Marco Jansen continuing his recent purple patch with the bat.

Before play began, the Sixes Squared spread was available to trade at 224-250, but with 28 maximums scored, the spread settled at 784 as buyers won 534x their stake.