by ESB’s free Counter-Strike: Global Offensive betting picks for Thursday focus on the opening round of BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2021. Here are our selections for Astralis vs Evil Geniuses and Team Vitality vs Team Liquid.
ASTRALIS vs EVIL GENIUSES CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | Astralis -188.68 at BetOnline | EG +147 at BetOnline |
| When: | September 16, 2021 at 16:30 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/blastpremier) |
The CS:GO betting odds on this match have seen a massive shift over the last few days, with Evil Geniuses priced as high as +250 just last week. That movement is related to Astralis’ announcement that they won’t be fielding Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander, who recently took paternity leave and will be replaced by Emil “Magisk” Reif as in-game leader, while Andreas “Xyp9x” Højsleth fills in the vacant spot.
Although Magisk has previous experience as Astralis’ IGL, his new role in the team will harm his individual performances and make Astralis less efficient. Still, you can’t be too excited about Evil Geniuses and their chances to cause an upset since they are fresh off a 0-5 run at ESL Pro League Season 14.
At the offered odds, a bet on over 2.5 maps is the best choice. Astralis might win 2-0, but there’s a good chance that they drop a map.
Over 2.5 total maps
TEAM VITALITY vs TEAM LIQUID CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | Vitality -181.82 at BetOnline | Liquid +137 at BetOnline |
| When: | September 16, 2021 at 19:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/blastpremier) |
Team Vitality made it to the finals of ESL Pro League Season 14 but couldn’t close it out against Natus Vincere, who won the title with a hard-fought 3-2 victory. However, Vitality still deserve some praise for their run, considering they weren’t expected to make it that far.
Vitality have finally started playing like a proper team, as they no longer rely on Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut to do everything for them. Obviously, one tournament run doesn’t mean much, but they’ll achieve a lot if they can continue playing this way.
Like Vitality, Team Liquid exceeded everyone’s expectations in the ESL Pro League, where they nearly made it past Heroic in the quarter-finals. However, while they reached the final eight, Liquid’s only tournament wins have come in finals against Entropiq, Fnatic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Team One, which is nothing to write home about.
This one is tough to predict since we have two in-form teams, but we’re leaning more towards Vitality, even though we don’t expect a clean sweep. There’s a good chance we will see a 2-1 victory for ZywOo and his crew.
