?Dynamo Eclot started their Elisa Invitational 2022 Fall campaign with a defeat against Bad News Eagles (1-2) but have since bounced back with wins against SKADE X (2-0) and EYEBALLERS (2-0). Dynamo haven’t had the roughest schedule, but they looked dominant in their wins, which explains why they’re favoured to win this bout.

SAW hold the same 2-1 record, with wins against EYEBALLERS (2-1) and ECSTATIC (2-0) and a defeat against Sprout. Since beating ECSTATIC, SAW have played two series, against Heroic (5-16) and Monte (3-16), during Intel Extreme Masters Road to Rio European RMR B.

Had this game been played a month ago, SAW would be an obvious choice; they have better players and have achieved more this year. However, SAW’s humiliating performance at the RMR is hard to look past.

Despite SAW’s unconvincing form, we have to believe that they can be competitive against Dynamo Eclot. The Czech squad can have their moments, but we wouldn’t say they’re any stronger than SAW. SAW to win at evens or better is a solid bet, but we prefer the over 2.5 maps at $1.97.

?BLUEJAYS nearly finished the Elisa Invitational 2022 Fall Main Stage with a perfect 3-0 record; then they fell against MASONIC (1-2) in round three. Nearly two weeks have passed since then, but BLUEJAYS have played just two more official matches, against SINNERS Esports (0-2) and Anonymo Esports (2-0).

Endpoint kicked off the tournament with a 2-0 sweep of SKADE X before losing to Bad News Eagles (1-2) and then bouncing back with a reverse-sweep victory against Esports Club Kyiv (2-1) at the end of September.

Since that bout, Endpoint have announced the signing Mi?osz “mhL” Knasiak from MOUZ NXT as a replacement for Joey “CRUC1AL” Steusel. Notably, mhL has been playing with Endpoint since their match with EC Kyiv and has averaged a 1.18 rating across the last two series.

Since the arrival of mhL, Endpoint have been playing better, and as the latest CS:GO betting odds suggest, they’re the better team. Endpoint shouldn’t be losing games like this, and there’s a good chance they will get it done in two maps.

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Into the Breach have not been the same team since the departure of Thomas “Thomas” Utting and Owen “smooya” Butterfield in June, but since going international, they have achieved some minor success. ITB won ESEA Cash Cup: Europe – Summer 2022 #2 in July and added the Assembly Summer 2022 trophy the next month, but they’ve since not claimed another title.

Ahead of this bout, Into the Breach are on a 3-2 run with wins against ARCRED (16-11), K10 (2-0), and BLVKHVND (2-0). But they’ve also suffered two defeats against vastly inferior teams in EKO Esports (1-2) and xdddd (11-16).

ECSTATIC are not in the best shape either over their last five bouts (2-3), and even though they have been playing against tougher teams, their only notable opponents across their last five outings were Team Falcons, who beat them 2-1 last Wednesday.

Recent results-wise, ECSTATIC look stronger, but just like Into the Breach, they look very unconvincing. We expect a close series with each map reaching at least 28 rounds.

Team Finest enter this bout with mixed form, having won four of their last seven series. That run includes a defeat against Esports Club Kyiv, who beat the international roster at the start of the month (2-0). Finest have since not played a single official match, while EC Kyiv have played seven and lost all but one.

EC Kyiv’s dry streak started with a 0-2 defeat against MiBR on September 4, and they’ve since kneeled to kogutos (12-16), Entropiq Prague (12-16), Dark Tigers (13-16), Iron Breach (13-16), and ThunderFlash (8-16). So even though EC Kyiv won the last meeting with Finest, it’s fair to doubt their chances in the rematch.

Team Finest are favoured to win, but it seems like the favouritism is mainly based on EC Kyiv’s poor form rather than Finest showing any improvement since their head-to-head defeat. So even though EC Kyiv look weaker ahead of the rematch, they’re still a good bet as outsiders against a team they beat 16-14, 16-5 less than two weeks ago.

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?Sashi Esports and BLUEJAYS will clash on Tuesday in the second round of the Elisa Invitational Fall 2022 Main Stage, which, according to the latest CS:GO betting odds, should be a fairly one-sided affair. But we’re not as excited about BLUEJAYS as the market seems to be.

BLUEJAYS might be a more accomplished team, but it’s not like they’ve achieved anything noteworthy this season. Moreover, BLUEJAYS are 3-5 since the turn of the month, and their only three victories came against lesser teams in KTRL (2-0), X (2-0), and Partizan (2-1).

Sashi Esports have not achieved anything outstanding of late either, and their performances against KOVA (2-1), 00 Prospects (2-1), and Hotspurs (2-1) in the first stage of the tournament left a lot to be desired. But even though Sashi have not looked better than BLUEJAYS, they also haven’t performed much worse.

This is a clash between two CS:GO teams whose chances of reaching the playoffs are slim to none, and even though BLUEJAYS have achieved more over the year, they haven’t shown enough to earn $1.40 favouritism. This is a spot where you hold your nose and take the underdogs.

?SAW enter Elisa Invitational 2022 Fall Main Stage as one of the eight directly invited teams, automatically making them one of the main favourites to go all the way. That’s fair, and looking at what the Portuguese squad have produced over the last couple of weeks, it’s hard to doubt them.

At the end of August, SAW won European RMR Open Qualifier with an incredible victory against Astralis (16-12). Although you could argue that it was a fluke, SAW have done enough throughout the event to earn some respect – beating the likes of Anyomo Esports (2-0), GamerLegion (2-0), and 1WIN (16-9).

Their next opponents, EYEBALLERS, have also achieved some success, but mostly in lesser events. Notably, EYEBALERS attended the European RMR Open Qualifier in August but were largely unsuccessful and placed 17th-32nd with defeats against GamerLegion (7-16) and Eternal Fire (6-16).

SAW look much stronger than EYEBALLERS, and even though Christopher “MUTiRiS” Fernandes-led squad can be a bit inconsistent, they shouldn’t be losing games like this.

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?SKADE X have achieved a lot for a newly formed academy team, but even though they’re 2-1, they haven’t really won any notable games. In the first round of Elisa Invitational 2022 Fall they lost against Dynamo Eclot (1-2), and they’ve since beaten only yodagus (2-1) and JANO Esports (2-1).

Winning two of three games isn’t bad, but SKADE X’s wins came against two teams already eliminated from the tournament – and even then, they didn’t look very dominant. So although SKADE X aren’t the worst team at Elisa Invitational 2022 Fall, they’re only slightly above that line.

MASONIC hold the same 2-1 record, but they’ve had to play much stronger teams in 00 Prospects (2-1), Tricked Esports (2-1), and Esports Club Kyiv (1-2). Besides having shown more across the first three rounds, MASONIC are also 6-3 across their last nine outings, with wins against Bad News Eagles (2-0), SAW (2-1), and Apeks (16-11).

As the latest CS:GO betting odds suggest, MASONIC are better than SKADE X, but we would argue that they should be priced even shorter than $1.57 for the win. The moneyline bet is good value, but we feel confident MASONIC can win without losing a map.

?EYEBALLERS’ win streak came to an end on Thursday when they lost against Into the Breach (0-2), struggling to match the English-Swedish squad on Mirage (5-16) and Ancient (14-16). And even though it was EYEBALLERS’ only loss of Elisa Invitational 2022 Fall so far, it was also the first match of the tournament where they had to face a strong team.

Before the loss, EYEBALLERS swept Sashi Esports and JANO Esports, but that’s hardly something to write home about. Moreover, EYEBALLERS haven’t achieved much across the last few weeks, winning just three of their last eight matches, and even those came against Dynamo Eclot, BeyondPossible and JANO Esports.

B8 might not have achieved anything outstanding over the last month, but they have looked better in their recent outings. Their only loss of Elisa Invitational 2022 Fall came against Into the Breach (0-2), while they looked solid in their wins against 777 Esports (2-0) and Tricked Esports (2-0).

Still, as was evident in their defeats against NK eSPort (7-16) and LeoGaming (11-16) last week, B8 are not very consistent, which makes it difficult to justify betting on them at $1.44. So even though B8 look like the most likely victors, the value is with EYEBALLERS.

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?Tricked Esports and 777 Esports will lock horns on Tuesday, in the fourth round of Elisa Invitational 2022 Fall, for the first time since October 2021, when 777 Esports won 2-0. However, the teams fielded different rosters then, so past results don’t mean much.

Tricked Esports enter this match with a 3-3 record across their last six outings and a 1-2 record at Elisa Invitational, which is far from great. Their only win came against schadE halt (2-1), who ended up getting disqualified from the event due to suspected match-fixing, but they’ve lost the next two outings against MASONIC (1-2) and B8 (0-2).

777 Esports hold the same 1-2 record, with defeats against B8 (0-2) and Hotspurs (0-2), while their sole victory came against KOVA, who 777 Esports defeated last Monday. While competing at Elisa Invitational, 777 Esports have also attended other tournaments but have been largely unsuccessful and have managed to win only half of their last six bouts.

Results-wise, there isn’t much to separate Tricked and 777 Esports, nor would we say that one team is significantly more talented than the other. Tricked have better brand recognition, which explains why they’re priced as the favourites, but we wouldn’t bet on them at $1.50. The value is with 777 Esports.

Hotspurs and Sashi Esports are just one win away from locking a spot in the playoffs, which is impressive considering no one expected either of the two teams to make it to the next stage. But it’s not like Hotspurs or Sashi had to face any tough opponents.

Sashi Esports have lost their first match against EYEBALLERS and won the next two against KOVA and 00 Prospects. On the other side, Hotspurs lost against Into the Breach in round one and have since picked up two easy wins against 777 Esports and Dynamo Eclot.

Based on those results, it’s hard to say which is the stronger team, and even from-wise, Sashi and Hotspurs are evenly matched, seeing how both are 3-2 across their last five outings. Hotspurs have looked slightly better in their last fixtures, but that’s only due to Anton “magi” Alev?rn with a 1.24 average performance rating across the last three months.

Magi will be tough to stop, but that doesn’t mean Sashi Esports can’t win or at least force a close series. We like over 26.5 rounds on the first map at $1.84.

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?Hotspurs have looked good over the first two rounds of the competition, but nothing to write home about. They lost against Into the Breach (1-2) just over a week ago but won their second outing against 777 Esports (2-0) last week.

Dynamo Eclot have put together the same 1-1 record. They beat SKADE X (2-1) in the first round but couldn’t emulate that success on Wednesday, when Dynamo had to admit defeat to Esports Club Kyiv (0-2) with 10-16 on Mirage and 11-16 on Overpass.

Hotspurs and Dynamo Eclot have never met before, and we don’t know much about the Scandinavian squad, but based on what we’ve seen from Hotspurs across the last few weeks, there’s no reason to have them priced as $2.75 underdogs. Dynamo might be a more established squad, but they haven’t achieved much this year, nor have they managed to produce anything noteworthy this tournament.

At the offered CS:GO betting odds, the value is with Hotspurs to win the series.

Sashi Esports picked up their first win of Elisa Invitational 2022 Fall last Tuesday when they edged past KOVA with 17-16, 16-13, and 16-14. It was a deserved win, but beating KOVA in the state they are in now is hardly inspiring.

Likewise, 00 Prospects haven’t been outstanding at this event, but they won a map against MASONIC (1-2) in round one and defeated schadE halt (2-1) on Tuesday despite playing with their coach, Dennis “Rytter” Rytter, instead of Jonatan “bobeksde” Persson.

From the few games we have to analyse, 00 Prospects have looked the better of these two teams, but not by much, so we wouldn’t say they should be $1.53 favourites to win this bout. Although we don’t feel comfortable betting against the Swedes, this series could be much closer than expected.

Over 27.5 rounds for both maps at $2.00 is the right play – as long as Sashi get to remove Overpass, where 00 Prospects should be heavily favoured to win with plenty to spare.

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EYEBALLERS took care of business last Monday when they defeated Sashi Esports (16-11, 16-12) in the first round of Elisa Invitational Fall 2022. Although it wasn’t the cleanest performance from Robin “flusha” R?nnquist and his crew, the Swedes did enough to advance into the next round.

JANO Esports were just as impressive against KOVA Esports earlier that day when they won 16-11, 16-13. But even though JANO and EYEBALLERS both won their opening games, it’s tough to take much from those wins, knowing that KOVA and Sashi are two of the weakest teams in the tournament.

Since their win against Sashi Esports, EYEBALLERS have played four games and won just one (16-14 vs Team Finest) but lost against GamerLegion (7-16), Illuminar Gaming (1-2), and Eternal Fire (6-16). JANO, on the other side, have played two official matches against Into the Breach (1-2) and KOVA (2-0).

Due to EYEBALLERS’ poor form ahead of this bout, it’s fair to question their chances to win, but it’s not like they have to face a tough opponent. Despite their losing streak, we like EYEBALLERS better at the offered CS:GO betting odds.

?Into the Breach edged past Hotspurs (2-1) on Thursday after losing the opening map (10-16 on Mirage). Their next opponents, B8, were far more efficient in their first match when they defeated 777 Esports (16-8, 16-9), despite having to play with Denys “amster” Liashenko on the first map.

Since then, B8 have played three games, against Fnatic (4-16), Movistar Riders (16-9), and AVANGAR (16-9). On the other side, Into the Breach have played just two against Eternal Fire (16-14) and HAVU (13-16).

On paper, there doesn’t seem much to separate these two CS:GO squads, but B8 have looked much better of late, and it seems like Into the Breach are priced as favourites purely due to the brand recognition. Moreover, B8’s Arseniy “cptkurtka023” Derevinskiy and Artem “r1nkle” Moroz are in phenomenal form, averaging a 1.20 and 1.25 rating respectively over the past three months.

Into the Breach are a solid team, but the betting markets seem to underestimate the young Ukrainian squad, who have shown enough to earn our trust.

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?The second round of Elisa Invitational Fall 2022 kicks off with a clash between Esports Club Kyiv and Dynamo Eclot, who last met during IEM Dallas European open qualifiers in April. EC Kyiv won the match 16-12, and according to the latest CS:GO betting odds, the Ukrainian team should be able to emulate that success.

EC Kyiv enter this bout on a 5-2 run, with the two losses coming against MOUZ (7-16) and 9INE (10-16) last week. Meanwhile, Dynamo Eclot are on a streak of five wins; however, all those bouts came against lesser teams in SKADE’s academy roster (2-1), Crypt (2-0), Moratur (2-0), BaKS eSports (2-1), and Premghouls (16-14).

Even though Dynamo Eclot hold a better win rate, they haven’t had to face any tough opponents and haven’t looked too clean in their wins either. So while these low-tier matches can be highly unpredictable, it’s hard to bet against Esports Club Kyiv.

?Tricked Esports edged past schadE halt in the first round of the tournament. They won on Mirage (16-8) and Inferno (16-9) but slipped on Overpass (13-16), largely due to their poor showing on T-side (6-9). MASONIC are in a similar spot, having eked out a 2-1 win over 00 Prospects after losing on Overpass (15-19).

Tricked and MASONIC last met on Saturday during Nordic Masters Fall 2022 Denmark Closed Qualifiers, where MASONIC won 2-0 (16-11, 16-11). The two Danish CS:GO teams also met a week prior, during FiReLEAGUE 2022: Europe Open Qualifier, when MASONIC came out ahead 16-12.

It’s worth noting that MASONIC’s victory against Tricked Esports last weekend marked their fifth consecutive head-to-head win since June, which includes three 2-0 sweeps and two best-of-one triumphs. Considering their history and the fact that MASONIC won this matchup twice over the last nine days, we don’t have to think twice about backing them here.

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?The first series of day for the 2022 Elisa Invitational Fall Contenders Stage will have the world no.71 Tricked taking on the unranked schadE halt in a best-of-three battle.

Tricked ended the first half of the 2022 CS:GO season with a second-place finish in the 20th season of the POWER Ligaen Series when they lost 0-2 to MASONIC in the grand final. Before that, Tricked had bested B8, Anonymo and DREAM to win three of their last four series, with two of those wins coming in their run to a fifth-eighth finish in Esport Tour 2022 Series 2.

Since coming back from the mid-season break, Tricked were invited to the SteelSeries Nova Invitational 2022 and lost 14-16 to FaZe in the first round of the event, earning the boys a little $1,000 prize for playing in the four-team event. The boys from Tricked will have learnt a lot from their one-off match with FaZe, and that should hold them in good stead for this upcoming series.

SchadE halt have only been a registered CS:GO roster for a week now, so to say they are new to the CS:GO world would be an understatement. Indeed, this will be their first tournament appearance. Three of the members on the schadE halt roster have transferred over from the now-disbanded Entropy team that ranked 194th in the world back in May of this year.

Given that Tricked are a well-known CS:GO organisation with a decent roster, it is hard to tip against the series favourites. We will be taking them at the map line at GG Bet.

?The second and final series of day four showcases one of the highest-ranked teams in this event, Into the Breach, who will take on another team on debut, Hotspurs.

Into the Breach come into the Elisa Invitational Fall Contenders Stage as the second-ranked team, currently sitting at no.55 in the world rankings. ITB will begin their campaign on a six-game win streak having beaten JANO, HAVU, ENCE Academy, VISU, 1PIN and KjlACCHblE over the last month, all in best-of-three series.

During this win streak Into the Breach have won two events: an ESEA Summer 2022 Cash Cup 2 Europe and the Assembly Summer 2022, netting themselves over $10,000 in prize money combined. They will be looking to extend their win streak to seven games and there is every chance they will here.

Hotspurs have only been a registered CS:GO roster for a matter of days. Three of the players on this squad have transferred over from the disbanded X Gamer team. This will most likely be a learning curve for this roster as they learn to play with one another. They are massive outsiders in the betting markets for this match, and for good reason.

While Into the Breach should be winning this series comfortably, the lopsided nature of the match markets means we’ve had to delve a bit deeper to find some value. Invest your money on under 24.5 rounds in the first map; it will be Tricked’s pick first up, and they should be winning convincingly.

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