Wildcard are one of the weakest Rainbow Six Siege teams in the North America League. They have already lost three games in regulation at this stage; however, they beat Oxygen Esports last Thursday, which was a good sign.

DarkZero Esports performed poorly in their 2-7 defeat to Soniqs to open the stage, but they have since beaten Spacestation Gaming and LOS. It’s not a terrible start for Roberto “Panbazou” Feliciano and company, but we will have to see more from DarkZero to make any firm conclusions.

The departure of Troy “Canadian” Jaroslawski has put DarkZero Esports in a questionable spot. Still, while they should do worse without the 28-year-old veteran, DarkZero are unlikely to struggle against one of the bottom teams in the region.

Oxygen Esports are 0-0-1-2 with a -7 round differential. They have so far lost to Spacestation Gaming, LOS, and Wildcard, although they should have won the most recent of those series. This core has been together for over six months, so there is no excuse for Oxygen’s struggles.

M80 are not one of the leading contenders to win the league, but they have done well beating Cloud9 Beastcoast and Wildcard Gaming and forcing Soniqs to overtime. That is a promising run, but like with most other mid-table teams, M80 still need to show more against the top sides.

While M80 are rightly favourites with top Rainbow Six Siege betting sites, their odds look far too short. With a 3.5-round advantage at $1.64, Oxygen are the clear choice.

Luminosity Gaming are 2-0-0-2 with six points; however, they still have a lot more to prove, having only beaten M80 and LOS. On the other hand, Luminosity posted good results in Stage 1, and they did not do too poorly during the Esports World Cup 2024.

With the signing of Troy “Canadian” Jaroslawski, Soniqs became the leading contenders to win the league, and they have started strongly. So far, Soniqs have beaten Wildcard, DarkZero Esports, and M80, although they lost their most recent outing against Spacestation Gaming in overtime.

Even though Soniqs have failed to produce a perfect record, it is hard to doubt them against any team outside of the top three.

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Spacestation Gaming crashed out of the upper bracket with a heavy 0-2 loss against M80, who beat them 7-3 on Bank and 7-0 on Theme Park. Until that match, SSG had looked good, albeit with a few question marks.

Spacestation are fairly inconsistent and can look very good one day but terrible the next. So even though they look like the clear favourites against beastcoast on paper, it’s fair to question the offered R6S betting odds.

Beastcoast made quick work of Oxygen Esports (2-0) in the opening round of the second phase but then lost against the league favourites, DarkZero Esports (1-2). DarkZero beat beastcoast handily, but Franklyn “VertcL” Cordero and co. showed some resistance on the second map, so we won’t be too harsh on them.

Priced at $1.36 with GG Bet, Spacestation Gaming are expected to dominate beastcoast, but they’re 0-1 down in the head-to-head (7-8 on March 16) and aren’t the most consistent team. So as much as this is Spacestation’s game to lose, we prefer the outsiders at the offered esports betting odds.

The clash between M80 and DarkZero doesn’t have any implications for BLAST R6 Major Copenhagen qualification, but there’s a lot of money and Six Invitational points on the line, with the winner taking home $32,000 and 20 qualification points more.

M80 enter the fixture as $2.37 underdogs with the top esports betting sites, which isn’t too shocking considering they finished the group stage in sixth place (3-0-1-3) and are 0-1 down in the head-to-head. However, their loss against DarkZero Esports was a very close 7-8, and they’ve looked better in the opening two rounds of the second phase – beating Soniqs (2-1) and Spacestation Gaming (2-0).

Even though M80 bounced back from their unconvincing performance in the group stage, DarkZero Esports are still considered the stronger team heading into the final round of NAL 2023 Stage 1. That sounds fair, and if Roberto “Panbazou” Feliciano can keep performing at the level he has shown recently, M80 will have a hard time coming out ahead.

Still, M80 have the tools to deal with everything DarkZero can throw at them, especially with the form Arthur “GMZ” Oliveira has shown across the last two series. M80 can also count on the former Six Berlin Major champion William “Spoit” L?fstedt to lead the charge.

This looks like a coin-flip match, so we’ll gladly take M80 at plus money.

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