?Into the Breach and AGO have found themselves in a do-or-die situation as they enter this match just one defeat away from getting eliminated from the tournament. AGO have lost against ENTERPRISE esports (0-2) and MASONIC (0-2), while Into the Breach have suffered two 0-2 losses against Apeks and Tricked Esports.

On a more positive note, Into the Breach nearly won a map against Tricked last week (16-19 on Inferno), but that hardly suggests that ITB had a chance to win the series. AGO had a similar experience against ENTERPRISE, who beat them 16-3 on Inferno and 19-22 on Mirage on May 26.

But even though it’s hard to set the two teams apart based on their recent showings, we have to note that AGO parted ways with their best player Maciej “F1KU” Miklas, who left for OG last week, a couple of days after AGO waved goodbye to Szymon “kRaSnaL” Mrozek.

With a weakened roster, AGO’s chances to win are very slim, but ITB are not consistent enough for us to believe that they can win without dropping a map. Therefore, we’re on AGO with a map advantage at $1.61.

Sprout and Team Finest enter this match undefeated and are just one win away from locking in a spot in the playoffs. Sprout have beaten Tricked Esports (2-1) and Apeks (2-1), while Team Finest edged past KOVA (2-1) and BLUEJAYS (2-1).

We would argue that Sprout had a tougher schedule, so that’s the first big reason why we favour the Germans. Moreover, Sprout are 8-1 across their last nine outings, with wins against MOUZ (two clean sweeps), ex-MAD Lions, and Entropiq.

Team Finest aren’t too shabby either. They are on a streak of six consecutive wins, but they haven’t beaten any noteworthy teams besides the PGL Major Antwerp semi-finalists, Team Spirit, but that was a complete fluke.

Team Finest are good enough to put up a fight, but it’s hard to bet against Sprout with the form they’ve been showing of late.

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?777 came into this off the back of winning the Elisa Invitational Spring Contenders 2022. The no.109-ranked team in the world lost their first game in the Elisa Invitational Spring to EC Kyiv 2-1 to drop them into the 0-1 record battle. The Norway-based team have since won the Telia League Spring 2022 Finals winning them just under US$9,000 in prize money. The boys from 777 will be looking to get back to 1-1 in this event, but they are going up against the 32nd-ranked team in the world in SINNERS, meaning they will be up against it here.

SINNERS fell to ex-MAD Lions in their first match of the Elisa Spring Invitational in a very tight series, even though SINNERS lost two maps 8-16 and 7-16, they were very much in the first halves of all maps and they won their map pick 19-16 in overtime to extend the series to a third map. The no.32-ranked team in the world currently own a win over Spirit in their PGL Major Antwerp RMR, who then went on to make the final eight at the Major, and with this type of win it will hold the boys from the Czech Republic in good stead to go deep into this event.

SINNERS will be looking for a strong showing to get back to a 1-1 record. They will want to take the first map and set up a win early, therefore we will be taking them to cover the 2.5-round handicap in the first map.

?BIG Academy lost their first match of the Elisa Spring Invitational against BLUEJAYS 1-2, in what was another highly competitive series with only a perfect second half in map three from BLUEJAYS, separating the two teams at the end of the series. Since that loss though, BIG Academy have won their last two matches in the WePlay Academy League Season 4 meaning they are now on a two game win streak, with a very winnable series coming up against another 0-1 team in KOVA.

KOVA also lost their first game at this event to Finest 1-2, with KOVA winning the first map 16-10, they then went on to lose badly by losing the next two maps 9-16 and 2-16. Since losing that series, the no.83-ranked team in the world has won Elisa Open Finland Season 2 event which secured them qualification into the Elisa Invitational Fall 2022 Contenders event later in the year. KOVA will be the underdogs in this series against BIG Academy, but the Fins will bring the confidence that they gained from their recent wins and they will give the BIG Academy a very competitive series.

With BIG Academy and KOVA both coming into this game with a two-game win streak, we should see a very good series between these two in-form teams. BIG Academy hold a recent 2-1 win in a best-of-three series in the Elisa Invitational Spring Contenders, and that is why we will be siding with the favourites at the moneyline.

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AGO and ENTERPRISE esports last met on April 22, when the Poles won 2-1, with 22-20 on Mirage, 10-16 on Inferno, and 16-10 on Dust II. As the final result would suggest, it was a very tight affair, but we don’t expect to see another close match on Thursday.

That is because ENTERPRISE have made some significant roster changes at the start of May, with the departure of Matú? “matys” ?imko and Andrej “Adejis” Kameni?tiak. Without the duo ENTERPRISE have struggled with their performances and have not achieved anything noteworthy over the last three weeks (7-6).

That’s not to say that AGO have accomplished much more, but ENTERPRISE’s worrying form makes us reluctant to suggest a bet on the outsiders. AGO to win the opening map with at least three rounds to spare at $1.80 is the only bet we’re interested in, as it’s a solid pick at a great price.

SAW enter this match in solid form, having won all but one of their last seven outings. On the other side, KOVA have managed a far less appealing 4-3 record over the same stretch.

Even though most of SAW’s wins came against lesser teams, it’s not like KOVA had to play any formidable opponents. Moreover, KOVA’s map pool is not that great, especially for the match ahead of them.

They hold a better win percentage that SAW on three maps, but that includes Overpass (25%-17%) which is a map neither team likes to play, Mirage (64%-0%), which is a map SAW always ban, and Vertigo (80%-70%) where KOVA’s win percentage is negligibly higher.

Admittedly, SAW are in a rough period, and we haven’t seen them play well for a while now. But this match is a perfect opportunity for the Portuguese CS:GO esports squad to bounce back and defeat KOVA for the third time.

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