by Esportbet returns with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive betting picks for the second pair of REPUBLEAGUE Season 2 quarter-finals, set to be played on Friday, October 22. Here are our selections for Entropiq vs Dignitas and Team Fiend vs Eternal Fire, with top odds courtesy of BetOnline.
ENTROPIQ vs DIGNITAS CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | Entropiq -158.73 at BetOnline | Dignitas +116 at BetOnline |
| When: | October 22, 2021 at 16:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/REPUBLEAGUE) |
Dignitas finished the group stage in third place with a 1-2 record but still made it into the playoffs, thanks to EXTREMUM’s withdrawal from the tournament. The situation works in favour of Entropiq, who got awarded an easier matchup – but not by much.
Dignitas won’t achieve much in the big leagues with their current roster; however, Adam “friberg” Friberg and co. have done well enough for their standards. Most notably, Dignitas attended BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021 last week, where they forced a very close match against Heroic (16-19, 13-16).
Entropiq’s last appearance at a top-tier tournament happened at the start of October when they placed third at Intel Extreme Masters XVI Fall CIS. It was a solid achievement, but they haven’t had much success since, and have been dropping games against much weaker teams, including 9z Team and FunPlus Phoenix.
This seems like a 50/50 match, so we have to take the better odds on Dignitas.
Dignitas to win
TEAM FIEND vs ETERNAL FIRE CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | Fiend -500 at BetOnline | Eternal +309 at BetOnline |
| When: | October 22, 2021 at 19:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/REPUBLEAGUE) |
It’s fair to say that Team Fiend are a better team, but the offered CS:GO betting odds make no sense. Eternal Fire are priced at +309 to win, implying that they have only a 24.4% chance of winning, which is way too low.
Even though Eternal Fire are by no means a top-tier team, they still field two elite players in Özgür “woxic” Eker and İsmailсan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş. Admittedly, woxic and XANTARES haven’t been in their best form of late, but they’re still highly talented individuals with experience playing at the highest level.
The problem with Eternal Fire is that you never know what you’re going to get – they can either play extremely well or fall apart. Still, that presents us with a 50/50 chance that they step up and defeat Fiend, and that’s good enough to wager on them at the offered odds.
