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As the top clubs return from their European travels, managers, players and spread bettors start to turn their attention to the weekend’s action. There will be plenty for punters to get their teeth into on the spread markets, headed by a mouth-watering Old Trafford Manchester derby at the top of the bill. Since United’s humbling loss to Burnley last month they have come out fighting to stick one to sellers of their outright Championship index spread, currently at 38-41pts (60pts to champions, 40pts to runner-up, 20pts to third place etc). Despite big-spending City’s unbeaten start to the season, the red half of Manchester will be convinced their team can achieve a third successive league win over their local rivals and are favourite to do so according to the Sporting Index football traders.

Buyers of United’s win index spread will be hoping Sir Alex can lead his side to their fifth win of the season and will be pleased that the Red Devils’ home form has been near perfect – they’ve lost just one and drawn two of their last 20 matches at Old Trafford. United also won 13 of these 17 victories to nil, which will be a worry to sellers of the first Manchester City goal, but won’t trouble sellers of Manchester City’s goal minutes, despite a rampant win over Arsenal last weekend. Those looking to sell United’s match supremacy spread will remember back to the 2007/08 season when City did the double over United.

This particular derby has proved profitable for both buyers and sellers of the total bookings spreads in past seasons. While the last game at Old Trafford between these two saw a make-up of just 20 points, the previous encounter produced a hefty 85 points – buyers will remember Cristiano Ronaldo’s dismissal fondly. Spread bettors may elect to wait until after kick-off for an in-play spread bet, once they’ve seen how the officials will handle this potentially explosive derby.

Carlo Ancelotti has adapted to life in England extremely well and still has an impressive 100% record in the league. Those spread bettors to have bought Chelsea’s outright Championship index will have been encouraged by the Blues’ fast start. Their current spread is set at 45-48pts with Sporting Index.

Sunday sees Chelsea take on a Tottenham side who will be looking for a quick return to winning ways after their home defeat to Manchester United. Spread buyers of the supremacy market should note Chelsea’s formidable home record against the Lilywhites and bear in mind that Spurs haven’t won at Stamford Bridge since 1990, although sellers of the spread will remember that Tottenham managed a 1-1 draw last season. Those with an interest in the total goals spread may be aware that the two fixtures last year only produced three goals but jubilant spread buyers and shocked traders will have contrasting memories of the 4-4 classic in 2008. Sellers should also be aware that Tottenham have only managed to net on two occasions at the Bridge in the league during the last four years.

The Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A or La Liga? Every spread bettor will have their favourite but few will argue the Champions League is not king of the continent’s competitions. The intra-Europe power struggle moves on to match day two and Sporting Index spread punters are, as usual, spoilt for choice on where to test their wares.

Manchester United got off to a steady if not spectacular start with victory in Istanbul against Besiktas. Their likely contenders for winning Group B look like being Wolfsburg, and it is the German side who visit Old Trafford for the second round of games. Buyers of United’s win index spread will know that the German champions have made a mixed start to their domestic title defence, losing three on the spin before their Champions League victory over CSKA Moscow on match day one. Likewise, spread sellers of Erik Gerets’ side’s win index will remember the Jekyll and Hyde form that saw them lose seven and draw five of their 17 games on the road, but win 16 and draw only one at the Volkswagen Arena en route to their triumph. Buyers of their total goals spread will though be buoyed by the Brazilian striker Grafite bagging a hat-trick over the Muscovites. Furthermore, they were the 2008/9 Bundesliga top scorers and average 2.0 goals-per-game in all competitions so far this time out.

Former Red Devil Cristiano Ronaldo has adapted well to life in Spain. He will be remembered fondly by spread bettors who frequently bought Ronaldo goal minutes when playing in England, and those that continue to take interest in his spread markets will doubtless be pleased by a return of four goals in his first three appearances for Real Madrid. Next on the fixture list for Galáctico Número Uno and his cohorts is a home game against Marseille. The last time these two sides met at the Bernabeu was in 2003 – in the middle of Florentino Pérez’s first transfer-record-smashing presidency – when an expensively assembled Los Blancos side, featuring the likes of Figo, Zidane and Beckham ran out 4-2 winners, thanks in part to a brace from a man named Ronaldo. Buyers of their goal index spread will be hoping for a similar scoreline and other spread punters looking at the individual player market will want the Portuguese to emulate his Brazilian namesake.

Like United and Madrid, Liverpool have also contested two European finals since the turn of the 21st Century and buyers of either English side’s outright Champions League spread will be hoping the run of Premier League teams appearing in the final – which dates back to the Anfield club’s 2005 triumph over AC Milan – can continue. If spread punters remember the Reds’ last gasp heroics that season it might well be so because they backed them in a similar market to Sporting Index’s Fat Lady special spread market which is offered for this game. Here events after the 80th minute are rewarded: corner = 3pts, goal = 15, yellow card = 5, red = 15. Late goals during the 2005 campaign in matches against Leverkusen and Olympiakos would have returned handsomely. Liverpool go up against another Italian side on match day two in the shape of Fiorentina. Spread buyers of Liverpool’s total goal minute supremacy will know that the Merseysiders netted 50 times over the course of their last two Champions League seasons at an average of nearly 2.3 a game. But they’ll have no doubt seen – as will sellers of the first match goal – that the Viola don’t concede many in their own back yard. Two one-nil wins opened this season and they had the second-best home defensive record in Serie A last term.