Based on what we’ve seen from the opening three weeks, Sissi State Punks are rightly priced as underdogs for this affair. They’re 0-1-2, with a draw against BIG Academy (14-16, 16-5) and two defeats against ALTERNATE aTTAX (7-16, 6-16) and Sprout (14-16, 17-19).

Sissi State Punks’ figures don’t look good on paper, but they’ve not been playing nearly as poorly as their current record might suggest. They should’ve won against BIG Academy, and they came just four rounds short of beating Sprout.

Their next opponents, ONYX Talents, are 1-2-0, with a win against ALTERNATE aTTaX (16-7. 16-10) and two draws against BIG Academy (16-9, 8-16) and Morekats (16-2, 13-16). Beating ALTERNATE aTTaX is very impressive, but based on ONYX Talents’ other showings, it’s fair to say that it was a complete fluke.

Their upset victory against ALTERNATE aTTaX is the only reason why ONYX Talents are the favourites for this match, and we don’t think that’s fair. These are two evenly matched teams talent-wise, and we would even argue that SSG might be a bit stronger. At the offered CS:GO betting odds, you can’t pass on putting down some money on Sissi State Punks.

Sprout and ALTERNATE aTTaX are two of the strongest teams in the tournament and the primary candidates to win the upper group. But Sprout are in a much better spot with a 2-1-0 record, in contrast to ALTERNATE aTTaX, who are 1-1-1 with four points to their name.

Evidently, ALTERNATE aTTaX haven’t been playing nearly as well as they should, and their loss to ONYX Talents has to sting. But as weak or as inconsistent as ALTERNATE aTTaX might have looked, we have to consider that they had other, more important tournaments to compete in.

Last week, ALTERNATE aTTaX reached the quarterfinals of CCT South Europe Series #1, just two weeks after claiming another top-eight finish at European Pro League Season 2. So clearly, this is a good team; they just have lacked a bit of focus through the first three rounds of ESL Meisterschaft Autumn 2022.

Sprout have looked good over the last week, but even they had their moments of weakness. It’s important to note that Sprout played a stalemate against BIG Academy and nearly lost against Sissi State Punks. ALTERNATE aTTaX are good enough to defeat Sprout, and shouldn’t be priced much higher than even odds.

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No Limit Gaming have done reasonably well during the group stage and qualified for the playoffs with a 11-9 record. However, it’s worth noting that No Limit Gaming took most of their points during the first round of play, in August-September.

Meanwhile, they have managed only one win during weeks 6-10, which includes a 16-19 loss against Entropy Gaming. Similarly, cowana Gaming have achieved far more early into the tournament, but they haven’t been too terrible across the final five weeks, losing only against Sprout.

Cowana Gaming and No Limit Gaming last met at the start of October, when cowana won 2-0, with 19-15 on Inferno and 16-14 on Ancient. It was a close affair, but given NLG’s iffy showings over the last couple of weeks (2-1-4), we have a hard time believing they will manage to keep this one as tight.

BIG Academy enter this match with a 2-5 record, which doesn’t look great; however, four of those losses came against Sprout. What’s more BIG finished the group stage in third with 12-8, which is reasonably solid.

REZIST have done much better in Group A (13-7) and have managed a streak of four wins and only one defeat across the final three weeks. Still, REZIST have struggled against some weaker teams, so we would take their success with a grain of salt.

Even though REZIST look better on pater, the offered CS:GO betting odds on BIG Academy seem a bit disrespectful. They might be an academy team, but BIG have some solid pieces in David “prosus” Hesse and Nico “Aqua” Kembitzky. ??Admittedly, Aqua hasn’t been in the best shape across the last three months (0.94 ratings), but he is still a player that can have pop-off performances. BIG Academy can win, but over 2.5 maps is the safest bet for this regional derby.

FlyQuest, Team Liquid & TSM Seek Redemption at LoL Worlds

The North American teams didn’t get off to the greatest of starts in the group stage of the League of Legends World Championship. The region’s three representatives all fell to their opponents in their opening battles and are ready to take on this week with a fresh mindset.

FlyQuest, Liquid, and Team SoloMid will be up against DRX, G2 Esports, and LGD Gaming respectively in Tuesday’s matchups. As those three teams are all among the strongest in the world, LoL betting sites have the American sides as outsiders in each contest.

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BTRG Lose Another Player

It seems as though BTRG are in hot water after three players reached their boiling points in the last two weeks. The latest member to leaves the active roster, Hyun-Pyo “?XigN?” Lee, claims the team breached several contract obligations. He’s not the first, and we doubt he’ll be the last.

The remaining roster consists of just two players and the coach. If the claims made by XigN, Anthony “?ImpressioN?” Lim, and Kevin “?Eeyore?” Gunawan are true, BTRG will struggle to find replacements. The team have underperformed in their recent battles, with CS:GO betting sites losing faith in them altogether. It’s unlikely they’ll be the favorites at bookmakers in any contest until they sort out their internal issues.

Africa esports news

ATK and Energy in Umzansi Esports League finals

We’re onto the finals of the Umzansi Esports League Counter-Strike competition, where ATK Arena will look to dominate Energy Esports once again. ATK have outpaced, outsmarted, and outplayed every opponent that crosses their path, and there’s no indication that the final round will be any different.

Energy Esports fell to ATK in the group stages 5-16 and are the underdogs across South African betting sites. ATK are sitting at a record winning streak of 18 and will be more than happy to push it to 19 in their best-of-three series against Energy.

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Dota 2: ESL Meisterschaft 2020 Season 2

We’re off to matchday three of the ESL Meisterschaft 2020 Season 2 group stage, where we’ll start seeing which teams are stepping ahead of their competitors.

The first matchup on Tuesday looks a tight contest between ESG and Brame in their first head-to-head battle. It’ll be an interesting one to watch, as the two teams are similar in their strengths and weaknesses. We’re with the Dota 2 betting sites in backing Brame, who have won both their games so far.

The other clash of the day sees German betting sites favor 5 Comrades in their battle against Abfahrt, who have been in poor form lately and only registered a win on matchday two due to a foreiture.

South America esports news

Two Brazilian Teams Qualify For DreamHack Masters Winter

After their performance over the weekend, TeamOne and Yeah Gaming progressed to secure a spot in the DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 North America main event. The two Brazilian teams are the first to join Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses in the final field.

We’re awaiting who the final four invitations will go to, but there’s still plenty of time as the main event will only kick off towards the end of November. With the four current rosters, US esports betting sites have their odds in favor of Evil Geniuses.

Oceania esports news

LPL Pro Season 3 Dota2

Spag and Sons are ready to take on a new opponent in the LPL Pro Season 3 group stage. Their next contender is 4 AM, and it’s looking to be an exciting clash. The two have never faced off in the past, and they match up well on paper when you compare the positions head-to-head.

However, the odds at most Australian esports betting sites favor Spag and Sons, who have a slight advantage on the overall scope and parameters. Spag also have a significant amount of recent tournament experience, making them more comfortable in the competitive atmosphere.

ESEA Season 35 Premier Division Europe

?FATE had a slow start of their ESEA MDL campaign with losses against HellRaisers (8-16) and Team GamerLegion (14-16), but they looked much better last Thursday when Nikolay “niki1” Pantaleev and co. demolished forZe 16-5.

Nordavind’s only fixture this tournament took place earlier this month when they lost 10-16 against SKADE. Since then they have played six games and won only two – a 2-1 revenge win against SKADE at Nine to Five #4 and a narrow 2-1 win against AGF. Although both decent results, we can’t look past Nordavind’s losses against Winstrike (0-2), Team Secret (1-2), AVEZ (0-2), and AGF (0-2).

These teams last met just over a month ago during Eden Arena Malta Vibes Week 7, where Noradvind won 2-1. Since then Kevin “HS” Tarn and co. have lost 10 out of 13 games, which makes it clear Nordavind are in no kind of form to repeat the feat against FATE this Thursday.

?Christopher “MUTiRiS” Fernandes and the sAw crew began their journey through the ESEA MDL with an 11-16 loss to SKADE, to which they added a 16-12 win against Galaxy Racers and a painful 12-16 loss to Sprout.

Team Singularity are 1-1 with a 7-16 loss to SKADE and a 16-11 win against Galaxy Racers. They have also played games at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020 Open Qualifier and Legend Series Season 6, where they left a lot to be desired. The only noteworthy result Anton “notaN” Pedersen and co. from in those events was a three-map loss to the crumbling MiBR.

Since their roster changes, Singularity have become very inconsistent. While they can have their flashes of greatness, they are not a team we would trust our money with.

ESL Meisterschaft Autumn 2020

The latest CS:GO betting odds suggest DIVIZON have little to no chance of defeating Sprout, and there are not many arguments to be made against that. Even though these two sides are competing in the same tournament, there is a huge gulf in class between them.

To put it into perspective, Sprout are the reigning ESEA Season 34 Premier Division Europe champions and sit 16th in the CS:GO world rankings. On the other hand, DIVIZON are an unranked team comprised of amateur players with no previous experience playing at a high level.

With all due respect, DIVIZON shouldn’t come anywhere near double digits in this bout. Even if Timo “Spiidi” Richter and co. don’t approach this game as seriously as they could, it should be a walk in the park.

Schalke Evolution vs EURONICS Gaming

Sunday, December 15 – 11:00 CET

Schalke Evolution ($1.28) will meet with EURONICS Gaming ($3.25) for the 10th time this year and for the second time in the ESLM 2019 Winter season.

Schalke earned their spot in the final four with a dominant performance in the group stage, where they earned an impressive 7-1-1 record with an 83% win rate. Their only defeat came against Ad Hoc Gaming in week three, while their only draw came against PENTA 1860 in the final week.

EURONICS won the ESLM Summer season and went on to claim a silver medal at ESL EuroCup 2019 in late October. That form suggested Marek “MenQ” Dziemian and company would deliver in the Winter season, but they ended up underperforming.

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EURONICS finished the group stage in fourth spot with a 4-3-2 record and 33 points, which sat them only three points above the playoffs line. While both of their defeats came against two strong teams – BIG and Schalke Evolution – it was their draw against OP Innogy eSports that left a lot to be desired.

These teams have met nine times in 2019, with Schalke winning six bouts, EURONICS saluting twice and one game ending in a draw. Their last meeting, on October 7, ended in a dominant 2-0 win for Schalke.

Evolution acquired two new players this week, with Christian “Sleeping” Tiensuu and Nihat “Innaxe” Aliev both joining the squad on Thursday. That raises question as to whether the new arrivals have had enough time to find their place in the team.

For that reason, we will side with EURONICS to claim at least one map here.

Prediction: EURONICS +1.5 – $1.78 at GG Bet

Ad Hoc Gaming vs BIG

Sunday, December 15 – 14:35 CET

Ad Hoc Gaming ($2.13) and BIG ($1.61) will round up the ESLM semi-finals with an exciting bout featuring two old enemies.

Ad Hoc finished the ESLM group stage as the second seed with a 5-3-1 record and 39 points to their name. While they lost only one match, that lone defeat was a 0-2 reverse to BIG one month ago.

Ad Hoc also produced stalemates against EURONICS, GamerLegion and Unicorns of Love Sexy Edition. While the draw against EURONICS is hard to fault, the poor performances against UoL and GL are concerning.

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BIG finished the group phase with a 5-2-2 record and 36 points. Their two defeats came against Schalke Evolution and mousesports, which are not terrible results. That being said, the two draws against OP Innogy eSports and PENTA 1860 are not worth celebrating.

Both teams have had their ups and downs, but the downs are slightly more noteworthy with Ad Hoc. Christoph “nRated” Seitz’s team started the season strong but fell off hard towards the end of the group stage, which suggests Ad Hoc are not in the best shape heading into the playoffs.

Ad Hoc and BIG met in the finals of Premier Tour ’19 Winter at the end of November, where BIG won 3-1, but one week earlier it was Ad Hoc who came out ahead 2-1. Out of their 11 meetings this year, BIG won six times, Ad Hoc claimed three wins, and the other two were draws.

BIG come out ahead with a convincing 6-2-3 record in the head-to-head stakes, and we believe they will keep the streak going here. While playoffs tend to bring out the best of most teams, Ad Hoc have a history of choking when it matters. Back in BIG for the win.

Prediction: BIG to win – $1.61 at GG Bet

EURONICS Gaming vs PENTA 1860

Monday, November 25 – 19:15 CET

The opening match of the day will feature EURONICS ($1.38) take on PENTA ($2.73), who are one win short of breaking into top four.

EURONICS will look to win their fourth match of the split, which would set them up nicely to enter the playoffs, but their inconsistent results in recent weeks suggest they won’t have an easy time reaching that goal.

That said, we can’t praise PENTA too much for their results this split either, as their 0-2 defeat against IGY last week does not inspire much hope. At the same time, we can’t ignore how strong they looked in week four and six when they drew with BIG and mousesports.

If PENTA enter this match with the same heart, they will have every chance of beating an inconsistent EURONICS side.

Prediction: PENTA 1860 to win – $2.73 at GG Bet

Schalke 04.Evo vs OP Innogy eSport

Monday, November 25 – 19:15 CET

Form, odds and most other relevant metrics suggest the bout between Schalke 04.Evo ($1.34) and OP Innogy eSport ($2.92) will be a one-sided affair.

Schalke have been a force to be reckoned with in ESL Meisterschaft, dropping only one match in seven weeks. That defeat came to second-placed Ad Hoc Gaming and no other team has come close to the leaders.

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IGY have looked far less impressive, although they have improved somewhat in recent weeks. They claimed a 2-0 win against mouz, drew with ESG and defeated PENTA 2-0 to take a three-game unbeaten run into this week.

While many will argue that IGY can win at least one map against Schalke, we don’t see it. The match odds on Schalke are very low and offer little value, but anything less than a 2-0 win for 04 is unlikely.

Prediction: Schalke 04.Evo to win – $1.34 at GG Bet

Ad Hoc Gaming vs GamerLegion

Monday, November 25 – 21:30 CET

According to esports bookmakers everywhere, Ad Hoc Gaming ($1.19) versus GamerLegion ($4.02) will be the most one-sided affair of the day.

A quick look at the standings reveals there is a massive gap between the two, seeing how AHG are sitting tied-second with BIG at 4-2-1 and GL are ninth with a 1-2-5 record.

GL’s only win came after 07 forfeited their match, meaning they have not yet won a completed fixture this split. Based on what they have shown so far, we can’t see that changing here.

GamerLegion are a prime example of a team that lacks everything – individual quality, experience, macro play, the lot. With all due respect, they are the worst team in the league and don’t stand a chance here.

Prediction: Ad Hoc Gaming to win – $1.19 at GG Bet

Unicorns of Love SE vs mousesports

Monday, November 25 – 21:30 CET

Mousesports ($1.53) will take on Unicorns of Love SE ($2.37) in what promises to be an exciting clash between two old enemies.

Holding onto a 3-2-2 record, a win here would give mousesports a chance to secure a spot in the playoffs. Considering they defeated UoL SE in the summer split, they will fancy their chances to do it again here.

UoL SE have not yet won a match this season and it’s hard to expect they will change that against mouz. They with GamerLegion last week and lost against BIG a week prior, which are both questionable results.

We won’t count on UoL SE to produce a miracle. Expect mouz to secure their fourth win of the season and take one step closer to playoffs.

Prediction: mousesports to win – $1.53 at GG Bet