by Esportbet brings you a free StarCraft II betting preview with expert betting picks for two 2022 Global StarCraft II League (GSL) Season 2 Code S bouts on Thursday, July 14. Here are our picks for Park “Dark” Ryung-woo vs Jang “Creator” Hyun-woo and Lee “Bunny” Jae-seon vs Kim “Cure” Doh-wook, with top esports odds courtesy of BetOnline.
DARK vs CREATOR SCII BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Dark -500 at BetOnline | Creator +314 at BetOnline |
| When: | July 14, 2022 | 18:30 KST |
| Watch Live: | AfreecaTV (http://afreecatv.com/gslenglish), Youtube |
Park “Dark” Ryung-woo and Jang “Creator” Hyun-woo last met in April during GSL Season 1: Code S, when Dark won 2-0, adding his second head-to-head victory of the year (2-0). Moreover, it marked his 17th straight H2H victory against Creator, who last won this affair in July 2017.
Even though Dark and Creator are both elite players, it isn’t easy to make a case for the underdog due to their long and one-sided history. Moreover, Dark has been very efficient into Protoss with a 13-8 record (61.90%) over the last 21 games and has a perfect 2-0 (4-0) record from the first round of the group stage.
And if that is not enough to confirm Dark as a heavy favourite, he also won DH SC2 Masters 2022 Valencia at the start of the month, securing the top spot in the Korean ESL Pro Tour standings and earning a direct invite to IEM Katowice 2023 main stage. This is Dark’s game to lose.
Dark -1.5 maps
BUNNY vs CURE SCII BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Bunny +125 at BetOnline | Cure -175.44 at BetOnline |
| When: | July 14, 2022 | 19:30 KST |
| Watch Live: | AfreecaTV (http://afreecatv.com/gslenglish), Youtube |
A mirrored matchup that has historically favoured the older of the two sees Lee “Bunny” Jae-seon clash with Kim “Cure” Doh-wook for the second time in 2022. The two Korean StarCraft II esports pro players last met in the first season of GSL Code S, when Cure won 2-0, improving his all-time head-to-head record to 11-4.
This also explains why he enters this bout as a $1.57 favourite; however, Cure has not looked too sharp in the first round of the group stage, losing to Park “Dark” Ryung-woo (0-2) and Shin “RagnaroK” Hee-beom (1-2). Bunny has done better, but he won only against Jang “Creator” Hyun-woo (2-0), so his record is hardly more impressive.
Cure should win, but he is not a good bet at $1.57, nor would we trust him to win without dropping a map. A 2-1 victory for the 27-year-old seems like the most likely outcome and is a solid bet at the offered SCII betting odds.
