BLAST Bounty Fall 2025 Closed Qualifier picks – Tuesday, August 5

The BLAST Bounty Fall 2025 Closed Qualifier kicks off on Tuesday, August 5, with the first round of fixtures for the online stage. Here are our Counter-Strike 2 betting picks for the four games, with top odds from the best esports bookmakers in United States.

FUT ESPORTS vs B8

Best Odds: FUT +125 at BetOnline | B8 -175.44 at SportsBetting.ag
When: August 5, 2025 | 12:00 CEST
Watch Live: Twitch

FUT Esports lost their key player, Drin “makazze” Shaqiri, to NAVI’s main roster at the start of July. Since then, they have attended ESL Pro League Season 22 European qualifiers and the East European open qualifier for RES Showdown Fall 2025, finishing in fifth-sixth and second place, respectively.

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B8 have not managed any notable tournament runs since May, but in their defense, the Ukrainian outfit have only appeared at the BLAST.tv Austin Major and Intel Extreme Masters Cologne. So, despite respective placings of 17th-19th and 21st-24th in those events, they deserve some slack.

While neither team have won anything of late, B8 have had a chance to practice against much tougher teams. At these odds, they are a no-brainer pick to defeat FUT in a best-of series.

ECSTATIC vs TEAM LIQUID

Best Odds: ECSTATIC +162 at BetOnline | TL -227.27 at BetOnline
When: August 5, 2025 | 14:30 CEST
Watch Live: Twitch

In a best-of-three game, it is hard to justify fading a Tier 1 team when faced with a lower-rated squad. 

Admittedly, Team Liquid have not been in the best shape lately, and they’ve suffered early eliminations from the last four events. However, most of their losses over that stretch have come against strong teams, such as MongolZ, MOUZ, FaZe Clan, and Aurora Gaming.

We have not seen any significant improvement since Liquid acquired Viktor “flashie” Tamás Bea as their new head coach. But while Liquid have been struggling in Tier 1 events, ECSTATIC have only seen success in lesser competitions.

Liquid at the moneyline is a solid offer, but we’re getting a much more inviting price on the map handicap.

NEMIGA GAMING vs G2 ESPORTS

Best Odds: Nemiga +275 at BetOnline | G2 -400 at BetOnline
When: August 5, 2025 | 17:00 CEST
Watch Live: Twitch

Esports betting sites have Nemiga Gaming priced as heavy underdogs to defeat G2 Esports. However, considering G2’s recent struggles, this match could be much closer than the latest odds suggest.

Nemiga Gaming are unlikely to make it very far in this event, but they left a very good impression during the Austin Major and have since placed third in the European ESL Pro League Season 22 qualifiers.

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G2 Esports’ last tournament appearance in Cologne ended with an early elimination after losses to Vitality and FURIA, worsening their record to 4-6 over the last 10 matches and 2-2 since the arrival of Matúš “matys” Šimko.

G2 Esports should win, but they look more than capable of dropping at least one map.

BETBOOM TEAM vs FAZE CLAN

Best Odds: BB +175 at SportsBetting.ag | FaZe -250 at BetOnline
When: August 5, 2025 | 19:30 CEST
Watch Live: Twitch

BetBoom Team are not expected to do well against FaZe Clan, who enter BLAST Bounty Fall 2025 after reaching the quarterfinals in Austin and finishing seventh-eighth in Cologne.

FaZe Clan seem to be finding their stride; however, BetBoom are no pushovers. While they were not at their best in the Austin Major, a semifinal run at FISSURE Playground #1 should inspire some confidence.

This is FaZe’s game to lose, but it is not beyond the realms of possibility that the Russian squad push them to their limits and pick up either Mirage or Ancient.