by Esportbet brings you free betting predictions for a pair of AfreecaTV StarCraft League Remastered Season 13 bouts on Tuesday, March 8. Here are our selections for Jo “hero” Il Jang vs Jung “JyJ” Young Jae and Lee “Jaedong” Jae Dong vs Kim “Soulkey” Min Chul, with top odds courtesy of BetOnline.
HERO vs JYJ SC BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| SC Odds: | hero -200 at BetOnline | JyJ +150 at BetOnline |
| When: | March 8, 2022 at 19:00 KST |
| Watch Live: | AfreecaTV (http://play.afreecatv.com/afstar1) |
Jung “JyJ” Young Jae topped Group E in Round of 24 with two wins against Choi “sSak” Ho Seon and Park “soma” Sang Hyun, which is quite impressive. But he is still priced as a +150 underdog against Jo “hero” Il Jang for this fixture.
The offered StarCraft odds would make sense if this were a best-of-three (Bo3) match, but it’s a Bo1, which makes backing the favourite far less appealing. What’s more, hero is 0-2 across his last two outings against Jo “Sharp” Ki Seok and Doh “Best” Jae Wook and holds a 50% win rate against Terran (6-6).
In contrast, JyJ is 15-11 against Zergs (57.69% win rate) and has lost only two games across his last nine. The latest betting odds are entirely wrong as there is no reason to have JyJ priced at much higher than even money. At this price, JyJ is a no-brainer pick.
JyJ to win
JAEDONG vs SOULKEY SC BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| SC Odds: | Jaedong -163.93 at BetOnline | Soulkey +120 at BetOnline |
| When: | March 8, 2022 at 19:50 KST |
| Watch Live: | AfreecaTV (http://play.afreecatv.com/afstar1) |
Lee “Jaedong” Jae Dong and Kim “Soulkey” Min Chul last clashed just three weeks ago, in Group F of ASL Season 13 Round of 24, when Jaedong won 1-0. It marked their first meeting since 2019 and Jaedong’s fourth head-to-head victory (4-4) against his compatriot.
Since Jaedong already defeated Soulkey not too long ago, it makes sense for the esports bookies to expect him to do it again on Tuesday. But his performance on the day wasn’t good enough to justify Jaedong being priced at -166.67. At that figure, Jaedong’s implied probability of winning is 62.5%, which is about 10% too high.
One Bo1 victory doesn’t mean much, and it doesn’t prove that Jaedong is better than Soulkey. The betting odds should be much closer to even money, so we have to side with Soulkey.
