Here are our selections for 777 Esports vs PACT and Savage vs KOVA, with top odds courtesy of the best esports betting sites.

777 Esports have yet to find their footing this season and have recently crashed out from the second European open qualifiers for PGL Major Antwerp. Likewise, PACT are not in a good spot and have yet to win nor come close to winning a single tournament since last year.

On a more positive note, PACT made a couple of roster changes last week by signing Adrian “SAYN” ??czyński and Mateusz “TOAO” Zawistowski. And even though they’re not star-level players, things can only go up for the Poles from here.

PACT have won only two of their last nine outings, whereas 777 have managed three wins in their last five. Still, 777 had to face much weaker opponents. There is no clear favourite for this match, and there is no reason for 777 Esports to be priced at $1.66. Value is with PACT at even money or better.

Savage completed its roster last week with Maikil “Golden” Selim, Jesper “tenzki” Plougmann, and coach Jonatan “Devilwalk” Lundberg to form a reasonably competitive roster. Admittedly, Golden is not as good as he once was, and the team doesn’t field any star players, but the potential is there.

KOVA are a constant in the second tier of professional CS:GO, and it doesn’t seem like the Finns will manage to break into the big boys league anytime soon. Still, they had a moment at the end of February, when KOVA won Elisa Open Suomi Season 1, but have since been largely disappointing; with seven wins across 14 outings, five of which came against semi-pro teams.

Savage are a bit of an enigma with the new faces, but you have to take their side over KOVA, who have not achieved anything outside of some minor regional competitions in months.

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PACT are an established CS:GO team, clashing with a relatively unknown stack of players competing under M1 EDEN, so it makes sense for the former to be priced as $1.31 favourites. What’s more, PACT are 6-1 after seven rounds of play with a +50 round differential, while M1 EDEN are 3-3 with +26.

Admittedly, M1 EDEN have not been the most impressive team of this tournament, but they have had some solid showings. Across their last four Szymon “Crityourface” Pluta and co. stomped Tarczyński Protein Team (2-0) and Turów Zgorzelec (2-0), lost to Izako Boars (0-2), and played a solid game against AGO (1-2).

Similarly, PACT have picked up easy wins against two bottom feeders in Team ESCA Gaming (2-0) and SKILLSTARS.pro, but lost to Izako Boars (7-16, 11-16) last month. So while we expect PACT to win, they have been somewhat underwhelming in some of their bouts and are now set to face a team that fields their former member, Crityourface.

M1 EDEN are not very good, but PACT seem shaky enough for M1 to cause some damage.

At first glance, it seems like AGO should be winning this match with their eyes closed, but we have to acknowledge that AGO are not nearly as good as they once were. Damian “Furlan” Kis?owski and co. are 4-3 after seven rounds of play, which includes some underwhelming games against weaker teams.

SKILLSTARS.pro have managed only two wins from six games and even lost against Turów Zgorzelec (0-2) at the start of the month. However, they looked much better last week when SKILLSTARS took down Illuminar Gaming (2-1).

SKILLSTARS.pro are rightly priced as underdogs, but $9.57 with the online bookmakers seems a bit high, and so does the round handicap line (7.5). It’s unlikely SKILLSTARS.pro can cause an upset, and we would be surprised if they win one map, but picking up nine rounds should be pretty straightforward.

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These two teams will lock horns on Wednesday for the first time since Izako Boars edged past Illuminar Gaming with 16-14 and 16-12 back in March. Boars have since looked improved – up until last week, when they hit a slump.

Mateusz “TOAO” Zawistowski are 1-5 in their last six outings, including losses to AGO, Team Fiend (twice), MAD Lions, and PACT. Illuminar have hardly looked any better, winning only two out of their last five outings, although they were on a 5-2 run just a couple of weeks back.

Prior to their solid showing in the Flashpoint 3: Open Qualifiers, Illuminar were 1-15 from late-March into mid-April. That horror run led the organisation to seek top-to-bottom replacements for the current roster, who will continue playing under the IG banner for a while longer.

There is not a lot to set these two sides apart quality-wise, so we can’t expect a one-sided affair. Although some might question Illuminar’s motivation to perform given the situation they’re in, we don’t quite agree with that narrative.

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PACT are 7-3 in their last 10, which would appear to indicate good form, but they haven’t really beaten any strong teams. The only notable result in that run is a 16-13 win over Wisla Krakow, but PACT lost the rematch 11-16.

While we aren’t too excited about PACT, it’s even harder to be hopeful about HONORIS, who are 4-6 in their last 10 outings. Even though Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas and co. have had to face tougher opponents, that doesn’t mean much if you fail to get anywhere near those stronger teams.

HONORIS seem like a failed project that will never blossom into something meaningful. They might have a couple of Counter-Strike legends on the team, but this squad just isn’t good enough to win anything outside of Tier-3 tournaments. PACT’s form isn’t great, but they’re a better team overall.

PACT vs HAVU CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS

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PACT vs HAVU LOOT.BET/CS SEASON 7 BETTING PREVIEW

PACT and HAVU are set to clash on Tuesday in the first round of LOOT.BET/CS Season 7 playoffs, where they will duke it out for a spot in the quarter-finals and a guaranteed US $1,250 in tournament winnings.

PACT scraped into the playoffs by the skin of their teeth after finishing the regular season in sixth place with a 3-2 record. Dawid “IunAtic” Cie?lak and co. produced volatile results in the early stages of the competition, mixing 0-2 loss to both Apeks and Nordavind with 2-1 wins over SKADE, ESPADA and FATE Esports.

It’s worth noting that those fixtures took place way back in June and early July, so they hardly show PACT’s true form ahead of the playoffs. Instead, we have to look at their most recent results, which include 27 games played across seven events.

Despite their relatively low win percentage across the last two months (44.4%), PACT managed a successful run through Intel Extreme Masters XV New York Online European Open Qualifier, where they finished in third place.

Other notably results include a 2-1 win against Team GamerLegion, a 16-13 win against Heretics, a three-map series against OG and a 16-13 win against MiBR. Consistency, however, is not PACT’s strong suit, since they have produced more than a handful of iffy results against weaker sides.

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Unlike PACT, who dragged their way through the LOOT.BET/CS Season 7 group stage, HAVU had a fairly easy time securing their spot in the playoffs. They began their journey through the competition with a 1-2 loss to Gambit Youngsters, to which they added 2-0 sweeps against Wisla Krakow, HONORIS and Hard4U.

Those three teams have proven to be some of the weakest in the field, so it’s difficult to praise HAVU too much for those results. In any case, those outcomes don’t hold any weight since they were played over two months ago.

Since completing their run through the LOOT.BET/CS Season 7 group stage, HAVU have attended four tournaments and played 14 matches. Out of those 14, they lost only four, going down to Nemiga (0-2), Hard Legion (1-2), KOVA (1-2) and AGO (1-2).

HAVU managed a fifth-sixth place finish at Hellcase Cup #8, which is a solid result considering they were knocked out by eventual finalists Hard Legion. They also claimed a runner-up finish at Finnish Esports League Season 8 and won FunSpark ULTI 2020 Europe.

As it stands now, HAVU are still in the running at the Elisa CS:GO Finnish Championship, where Eetu “sAw” Saha and co. have already secured a spot in the playoffs as the top seed in Group A.

HAVU are 8-2 in their last 10 games and will enter this match on a seven-game win streak that includes high-profile victims such as c0ntact (2-0), x6tence (2-1), Sprout (2-1), AGO (2-0) and forZe (2-1).

PACT vs HAVU LOOT.BET/CS SEASON 7 BETTING PREVIEW

There is no going around the fact that HAVU are in much better shape than PACT ahead of this bout. The CS:GO betting odds reflect that, but we think the favourites could be priced even shorter.

PACT are capable but inconsistent, which makes it hard to trust them to deliver. Their 16-13 win over MiBR on Wednesday makes it seem like PACT have found their form, although it would not be fair to rank the Brazilians as a top-tier team based on their recent results.

The -1.5 handicap in these B-Tier online tournaments is rarely the best option, as many fixtures tend to be relatively close. At $2.42, however, we will gladly take our chances on HAVU to continue their streak and hand PACT their third consecutive loss.