Top 10 spread bets of the 2016-17 Premier League season

10.
Match: Stoke 2 Leicester 2
Date: 17-12-16
Market: Bookings
Pre-match spread: 37 - 41
Make-up: 105
Potential profit: 64 times stake
With eight bookings and an early red card for Jamie Vardy this was the dirtiest game of the Premier League season meaning delight for buyers of Bookings.

9.
Match: Arsenal 3 Liverpool 4
Date: 14-8-16
Market: Match Performance
Pre-match spread: 96 - 101
Make-up: 172
Potential profit: 71 times stake
Liverpool made their intentions known with this thrilling win on the opening day of the season, which also saw a mammoth Match Performance spread betting make-up.

8.
Match: Chelsea 4 Watford 3
Date: 15-5-17
Market: Shirt Numbers
Pre-match spread: 55 - 59
Make-up: 165
Potential profit: 106 times stake
With Chelsea having already sewn up the title and Watford free from the drop, both sides threw caution to the wind in an entertaining encounter where Shirt Numbers went sky high.

7.
Match: West Brom 3 Arsenal 1
Date: 18-3-17
Market: Granit Xhaka Performance
Pre-match spread: 83 - 88
Make-up: 194
Potential profit: 106 times stake
This defeat enraged Gunners fans as Arsenal failed to finish in a top four spot, but Xhaka’s assist and high number of accurate attacking passes still gave him an impressive Player Performance total.

6.
Match: Tottenham 2 Arsenal 0
Date: 30-4-17
Market: Corners Squared
Pre-match spread: 126 - 136
Make-up: 361
Potential profit: 225 times stake
This was the game that confirmed the shift in the balance of power in north London and Spurs’ superior corner count of 14 to Arsenal’s five also ended up with a whopping Corners Squared make-up.

5.
Match: Arsenal 2 Burnley 1
Date: 22-1-17
Market: Penalty Super Mega Minutes
Pre-match spread: 23 - 26
Make-up: 270
Potential profit: 244 times stake
Two 90th minute penalties – an Alexis Sanchez winner after Andre Gray’s spot kick had appeared to earn the Clarets a point – helped Penalty Super Mega Minutes settle at a bulging 270.

4.
Match: Crystal Palace v Hull
Date: 14-5-17
Market: Total Card Minutes
Pre-match spread: 127 - 137
Make-up: 548
Potential profit: 411 times stake
This game had eight bookings, but with five of them coming in the last 10 minutes – as Hull realised relegation was a certainty – Total Card Minutes ended at a huge 548.

3.
Match: Watford 3 Everton 2
Date: 10-12-16
Market: Headed Super Mega Minutes
Pre-match spread: 28 - 33
Make-up: 445
Potential profit: 412 times stake
This win took Watford above Everton in the table as headers in the 59th, 64th and 86th minutes from Sebastian Prodl and Stefano Okaka for the hosts and Romelu Lukaku for the visitors sent Headed Super Mega Minutes sky high.

2.
Match: Leicester 1 Tottenham 6
Date: 18-5-17
Market: Harry Kane Super Mega Minutes
Pre-match spread: 53 - 58
Make-up: 505
Potential profit: 447 times stake
Harry Kane ended the season on fire and his four goals in a mauling of Leicester saw his Super Mega Goal Minutes make-up at 505 as he struck in the 25th, 63rd, 88th and 90th minutes.

1.
Match: Swansea 5 Crystal Palace 4
Date: 26-11-16
Market: Total Goal Minutes
Pre-match spread: 129 – 139
Make-up: 611
Potential profit: 472 times stake
This simply ridiculous match saw Swansea go from 3-1 up to 4-3 down only to win it with two injury-time Fernando Llorente strikes, meaning Total Goal Minutes went into orbit.