BLAST Open Spring 2026 Group Stage betting tips – Monday, March 23

BLAST Open Spring 2026 continues with the sixth day of play on Monday, March 23, as the final six standing teams battle it out for a spot in the playoffs.

The day kicks off with a Group A upper bracket clash between Aurora Gaming and Natus Vincere, followed by a lower bracket meeting between Team Falcons and FURIA. In Group B, the eyes turn to PARIVISION, who will take on Team Vitality with The MongolZ meet with Team Spirit in the final match of the day.

Esportbet has prepared free Counter-Strike 2 betting picks and predictions for the four fixtures, with esports odds from the best CS2 bookmakers for esports punters.

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AURORA GAMING vs NATUS VINCERE

Natus Vincere and Aurora Gaming will clash on Monday, for the third time this season and the first since the ESL Pro League Season 23 finals, when Natus Vincere won 3-1. Having also beaten Aurora in February at PGL Cluj-Napoca, NAVI should feel confident in their chances of taking down the Turkish squad for the third time.

According to the best CS2 betting sites, Natus Vincere are -175.44 favorites to win on Monday, which does not sound wrong. However, Aurora Gaming have been playing well this season, particularly during the group stage, with victories over FURIA and FaZe Clan.

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Admittedly, FURIA and FaZe Clan have been in shaky form of late, so those victories do not hold as much value. On the other side, Natus Vincere dropped a map against B8 and one against Team Falcons.

This match looks to be much closer to 50/50 than what the odds suggest. At plus money, Aurora Gaming are worth a bet.

TEAM FALCONS vs FURIA

FURIA entered the 2026 season as one of the most exciting teams in the scene, and they lived up to the hype with a top-four finish at BLAST Bounty Winter and a silver medal from Intel Extreme Masters Krakow. Since then, they’ve crashed out of PGL Cluj-Napoca in the quarterfinals and failed to make the LAN stage of ESL Pro League Season 23.

Even early into BLAST Open, FURIA have not impressed. They edged past TYLOO, lost to Aurora Gaming, and in the lower bracket, they needed a reverse-sweep to defeat NRG.

Team Falcons have had their bumps in the road as well. They lost to Natus Vincere in the upper bracket semifinals and needed three maps to make it past TYLOO on Sunday.

FURIA and Team Falcons are both talented but inconsistent teams. They met once in February, when the Falcons won on map three. It was a very competitive game, and considering neither team have shown much improvement since, another closely fought series is likely on the cards.

FURIA at +120 are an obvious pick.

TEAM VITALITY vs PARIVISION

Team Vitality entered BLAST Open Spring as the top favorites to win the event, and they’ve kept the tag of top dogs with two strong showings against 9z Team and The MongolZ. PARIVISION, on the other hand, bested Ninjas in Pyjamas in the first round and added a very impressive 2-0 sweep of Team Spirit in the upper bracket semifinals.

This is a rematch of the PGL Cluj-Napoca finals, which ended in a 3-0 sweep for Team Vitality. However, in that game, PARIVISION took 10 rounds on Overpass and forced overtime on Inferno, so the final result does not show the full picture.

While it is unlikely for PARIVISION to stop the high-flying Vitality who are rushing towards their third consecutive S-Tier trophy, the Russian squad have a bite and can take a map off the Bees.

THE MONGOLZ vs TEAM SPIRIT

Team Spirit have had an up-and-down run to the lower bracket final. They bested Team Liquid in the opening round, got humiliated by PARIVISION in the upper bracket semifinal, and swept 9z Team 13-6 on Overpass and Dust II.

The MongolZ started the tournament with an impressive 2-0 sweep against MOUZ, then had to admit defeat to Team Vitality, and defeated Team Liquid in the lower bracket semifinal.

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Spirit and The MongolZ have not met once since BLAST Rivals Season 2 in November, then Spirit won their third head-to-head of the season. The Russian outfit are expected to be just as successful, which, considering Danil “donk” Kryshkovets’ form is unsurprising. However, the rest of the Spirit lineup have not been playing as well.

The MongolZ can be feisty underdogs and while Spirit are fresh off a dominant victory, they can not rely on donk alone to carry them over the Mongolian squad.