CDL Major 2 Qualifiers betting picks & odds – Friday, March 18

After hitting both of our Call of Duty League (CDL) betting picks for Saturday, Esportbet returns with a bunch of CDL Major 2 Qualifiers betting predictions for Friday, March 18. Here are our selections for London Royal Ravens vs Paris Legion, Seattle Surge vs OpTic Texas, and Minnesota RØKKR vs Boston Breach, with top odds courtesy of BetOnline.


London Royal Ravens will welcome back Joey “Gismo” Owen for this week, but it’s not like the London squad struggled without him – far from it. The Royal Ravens won both of their CDL Major 2 qualifiers outings against New York Sublinbers (3-1) and Los Angeles Thieves (3-0) in quite a dominant fashion.

The fact that London Royal Ravens were able to perform that well with Paul “PaulEhx” Avila as a temporary substitute is an excellent indication of how good Royal Ravens actually are. It might be a hot take, but they look like the most well-rounded in the CDL currently.

It will take a lot more than Paris Legion to stop London Royal Ravens, who should be in for a quick and easy 3-0. The top esports betting sites are offering better than evens for that result.

Seattle Surge lost their opening match of the CDL Major 2 qualifiers against Boston Breach (1-3) but quickly bounced back with a 3-2 victory against Atlanta FaZe on Sunday. So even though we’re not sold on Seattle Surge just yet, they have started showing some signs of improvement.

They might not be one of the top CDL teams record-wise, but the Surge were a bit unlucky, lost a couple of bad maps, and had many missed opportunities. They now have a chance to prove themselves through a very tough schedule, starting with a clash against the reigning CDL Major champions, OpTic Texas. The latter are expected to win; however, Seattle Surge have the right tools to make this match interesting.

Seth “Scump” Abner and co. are technically the best team in the CDL, but they have their weaknesses, mainly Berlin, where they’re 0-4. And even if OpTic ban Berlin, this leaves Gavutu, a map that can go either way. Moreover, Surge are by far the best team on Tuscan, so map pool-wise, they’re in a good spot.

This will be an entertaining series that will be much closer than people think. A correct score bet on OpTic to win 3-2 might be worth a shot, but we’re on the Surge with a map advantage.

Boston Breach had a great run through the first CDL Major last month when they beat Florida Mutineers (3-2), Paris Legion (3-1) and nearly took down Toronto Ultra (2-3). They’ve since added one more victory (3-1) against Seattle Surge in the first round of CDL Major 2 qualifiers.

Minnesota RØKKR have so far beaten only Paris Legion, Los Angeles Guerrillas (twice), and OpTic Texas in the first week of the season. That isn’t a terrible record, but it’s far from great, knowing that RØKKR have yet to win against a tough opponent.

That’s not to say RØKKR are much weaker than Boston Breach, but their showings don’t inspire much confidence. Talent-wise, these two rosters are evenly matched, so it all comes down to which team we have less faith in, and currently, that’s Minnesota RØKKR.