Seattle Surge are 1-2 ahead of the final week of CDL Major 5 Qualifiers, with defeats against Toronto Ultra (0-3) and OpTic Texas (0-3) and a solid 3-1 victory over Boston Breach. Those results make it tough to say where Seattle Surge stand, and while they can have good games, their Search & Destroy against elite teams isn’t good enough for us to have high hopes for Seattle to end the season high.

Las Vegas Legion are 2-2 with wins against the New York Subliners (3-2) and Minnesota R?KKR (3-2) and two defeats against OpTic Texas (2-3) and Atlanta FaZe (0-3). Those results don’t look bad on paper, but the Las Vegas Legion still need to show a lot more before we can start talking about a deep CDL Championship 2023 run.

Seattle Surge and Las Vegas Legion are tough to set apart, mainly because they have produced mixed results over the first two weeks of CDL Major 5 Qualifiers. But the Legion seem to be a bit more efficient in Search & Destroy, and their respawns are on point – good enough to defeat the Surge.

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Florida Mutineers got stomped by Boston Breach (0-3) in the first match of Week 2 but then produced a nice upset against Los Angeles Thieves (3-1). Still, that was the Mutineers’ only notable accomplishment over the last month.

Their Search & Destroy is still very concerning, and while the Mutineers are solid on respawns, they are missing pieces to be considered a competitive team. So even though the Mutineers aren’t terrible, expecting them to defeat OpTic Texas might be too much to ask.

With their clean 3-0 sweep of Atlanta FaZe in Week 1 of CDL Major 5 Qualifiers, OpTic Texas earned the tag of the best team in the league, and it’s very tough to argue with that. They did drop two maps against Las Vegas Legion (2-3) on day one of the qualifiers but have since looked unstoppable, with wins against FaZe (3-0), Seattle Surge (3-0), and Toronto Ultra (3-1).

There’s not much to analyse here. OpTic are levels above Florida Mutineers, who should crumble on Saturday, as many other teams have against OpTic Texas.

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Los Angeles Guerrillas enter Week 3 of Call of Duty League Major 5 Qualifiers with a 1-3 record. They overpowered London Royal Ravens (3-1) on Friday and came one map short of beating Florida Mutineers (2-3) in Week 1, but they got rammed by Atlanta FaZe (0-3) and New York Subliners, who defeated them 3-0 on Sunday.

The Guerrillas are not in the best spot and it’s tough to feel overly optimistic about their future. Unless something changes, this squad only has two more matches ahead of it, and after that, we can expect a major roster overhaul ahead of the next season.

Toronto Ultra lost their only CDL Major 5 Qualifiers Week 2 match against OpTic Texas (1-3), but despite the final result, Toronto battled well. They came out short, but it was against the current hottest team in the league, so we wouldn’t criticise Toronto Ultra too much.

The Ultra are playing much better this split and have already proven themselves in Week 1 against Seattle Surge (0-3) and Los Angeles Thieves (3-1). They still have some work to do before we start talking about a potential CDL title run; however, Toronto Ultra shouldn’t struggle to defeat lesser teams like Los Angeles Guerrillas.

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?Florida Mutineers and London Royal Ravens are two of the worst-performing teams in the league, but the esports betting sites seem to have far more faith in the Mutineers for this affair. This has to do with Florida Mutineers’ victory (3-1) against Los Angeles Thieves on Saturday, but even that was more Thieves choking than anything else.

London Royal Ravens enter this match with a 0-3 record and defeats against Minnesota R?KKR (0-3), Los Angeles Guerrillas (1-3), and Atlanta FaZe (1-3). We can praise London Royal Ravens for winning a map against FaZe, but that means nothing.

It’s clear that London Royal Ravens don’t have much going for them, and they’re just a couple of games away from parting ways and starting over for the next season. The results aren’t there, and the morale is at an all-time low, so we won’t expect much from the Royal Ravens.

?Minnesota R?KKR have managed just one win (1-2) from the opening two weeks of CDL Major 5 Qualifiers, which isn’t great considering they had to play London Royal Ravens (3-0), Boston Breach (1-3), and Las Vegas Legion (2-3).

The R?KKR should’ve beaten Las Vegas Legion, and they would’ve had Minnesota R?KKR not botched map four. Performances like that don’t do Minnesota R?KKR any favours as they’re already struggling to keep up, and that’s concerning ahead of their clash with Los Angeles Thieves.

As the latest CoD esports betting odds suggest, Los Angeles Thieves should win this match without any issues, and it’s tough to argue with that. They lost against Florida Mutineers (1-3) last week, which raises a few questions, but it only helped improve the offered odds on the reigning CDL champions.

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At CDL Major 4, Minnesota R?KKR eliminated London Royal Ravens and Seattle Surge from the tournament but then lost against New York Sublibers (1-3). That isn’t the best outcome, but still a fairly impressive result for this team’s standards.

They’ve shown improvement over the last month, and we have to give R?KKR some credit for reverse-sweeping the Surge. However, they seemed to run out of gas against the Subliners, which makes it tough to rank them properly ahead of the next Call of Duty League Major.

Nevertheless, they should do fine against London Royal Ravens, who are not in the best spot. Not only have Royal Ravens been producing underwhelming results, but they also lost against the R?KKR two weeks ago.

The only reason why Minnesota R?KKR aren’t priced as bigger favourites is because they perform worse online. Still, $2.10 on R?KKR to win with at least two maps to spare looks like an excellent choice.

New York Sublibiners looked very good at CDL Major 4. They defeated Las Vegas Legion (3-0), lost to OpTic Texas (0-3), then eliminated the Minnesota R?KKR (3-1), and got knocked out of the tournament by Atlanta FaZe (2-3). New York Sublibers could’ve won that series, but they lacked discipline in game five.

The Subliners still need some work before we can discuss their chances to win the CDL crown, especially in Search & Destroy and consistency in clutch moments. Although they are a good team, the Subliners often throw away leads, which won’t do them any favours in the title race.

Even though the Subliners have flaws, they’re still superior to Las Vegas Legion, as evident from their CDL Major 4 upper bracket clash, which ended in a commanding 3-0 sweep. The Legion tend to perform better online, so it’s fair to believe that they’ll show a bit more on Saturday, but considering the form the Subliners are in, it’s very tough to doubt them.

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?CDL Major 4 is in the rearview mirror, and again, Atlanta FaZe failed to win the title, marking another disappointing run for the most successful team in Call of Duty League history. However, FaZe still finished third for the second Major in a row, which is no small feat.

With their third bronze medal of the 2023 season, Atlanta FaZe remain serious candidates to win the CDL Championship, but when we talk about the qualifiers, it’s fair to doubt them a bit. Besides the CDL Major 1 Qualifiers, FaZe have never looked particularly good online, with one fourth-place and two sixth-place finishes. So clearly, they’re more of a LAN team.

That doesn’t change the fact that FaZe are objectively much stronger than the Los Angeles Guerrillas, who placed 9th-12th at the Major and 11th in the qualifiers. They’re on an eight-game slide and have won just two of their last 14 series.

Atlanta FaZe might not be the most consistent online team, but $1.66 on FaZe to sweep the Guerrillas looks like a steal.

Las Vegas Legion looked surprisingly good in the CDL Major 4 Qualifiers, continuing their form from CDL Major 3, where they placed fifth-sixth. Unfortunately, the Legion failed to translate that to CDL Major 4, where they crashed out in the first round with defeats against New York Subliners (0-3) and Florida Mutineers (2-3).

OpTic Texas claimed their second Major silver medal last month, which secured them a spot in the CDL Championship. But they still have much more work to do if they want to take the regular-season title from Atlanta FaZe.

OpTic Texas and Las Vegas Legion last met in the CDL Major 2 Qualifiers at the end of January, when the Legion won 3-1. This result doesn’t indicate how the reverse fixture will go, but it proves two things we already know – the Legion are strong online, and OpTic are prone to dropping maps.

We don’t expect Las Vegas Legion to upset OpTic Texas, but they should be good for at least one map. So while the Legion with a +2.5 map handicap at [rm_geo odds val=1.53] is a solid choice, we will take our chances with a correct score prediction.

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