by Esportbet brings you free betting picks for the opening four matches of BLAST Premier Fall Finals 2021 on Wednesday, November 24. Here are our selections for Team Vitality vs Team Liquid, Heroic vs FaZe Clan, Natus Vincere vs BIG, and Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Astralis, with top odds courtesy of BetOnline.
TEAM VITALITY vs TEAM LIQUID CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | Vitality -285.71 at BetOnline | Liquid +204 at BetOnline |
| When: | November 24, 2021 at 12:00 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/blastpremier) |
It doesn’t take much to understand why Team Vitality are priced at only -285.71 against Team Liquid. The French side were quarter-finalists at PGL Major Stockholm 2021, while their North American counterparts didn’t even make it to the playoffs, crashing out of the New Legends Stage (1-3) with only one win against ENCE.
Even though Liquid failed to impress in Sweden, they still boast a strong squad. At +204, we feel like the top CS:GO betting sites are underestimating TL and their ceiling.
It’s also important to note that Vitality have confirmed roster changes, which should make you question the morale and motivation of Richard “shox” Papillon and Jayson “Kyojin” Nguyen Van, who are both on their way out of the team.
Team Liquid to win
HEROIC vs FAZE CLAN CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | Heroic -222.22 at BetOnline | FaZe +163 at BetOnline |
| When: | November 24, 2021 at 15:00 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/blastpremier) |
Like the first match of the day, this one features a team that did reasonably well at the Major and a squad that is capable of much more than recent form would appear to suggest. Heroic were semi-finalists at PGL Major Stockholm 2021, whereas FaZe Clan narrowly missed a playoffs berth, losing 1-2 to Virtus.pro in the fifth game of the New Legends Stage.
However, while Heroic have achieved far more on paper, they haven’t been playing too well for the last few months, and we feel like their run in Sweden was more of a fluke than anything else. We’re not saying FaZe are better, but at the same time, there is no reason to believe Heroic should be priced at -222.22.
At best, this is a 60/40 match, so we have to take Finn “karrigan” Andersen and his crew at the outsider odds.
FaZe Clan to win
NATUS VINCERE vs BIG CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | NaVi -1000 at BetOnline | BIG +521 at BetOnline |
| When: | November 24, 2021 at 17:00 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/blastpremier) |
The reigning CS:GO Major champions and the undisputed best team in the world, Natus Vincere, will clash with BIG for the first time since August, when the German side won 2-0. Despite that result, it’s very tough to make a case for BIG here, both because they haven’t achieved anything of note in recent months and because NaVi are in the form of their lives.
NaVi won the Stockholm Major without dropping a single game, which alone is a testament to their quality. Meanwhile, BIG’s most recent achievements include a runner-up finish at DreamHack Open November 2021 and a top-four finish at the V4 Future Sports Festival in Budapest.
BIG are a highly tactical team, but they lack the “CIS firepower” of NaVi, and we don’t see how the Germans will be able to stop Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, who is averaging a 1.33 rating across the last three months. Take NaVi to close this out with at least six rounds to spare.
Natus Vincere -5.5 rounds
NINJAS IN PYJAMAS vs ASTRALIS CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | NiP -238.1 at BetOnline | Astralis +173 at BetOnline |
| When: | November 24, 2021 at 20:00 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/blastpremier) |
With the addition of Patrick “es3tag” Hansen last week, Ninjas in Pyjamas have significantly improved their CS:GO roster. Although it’s not like NiP lacked quality before, adding the Dane was definitely the right call.
Ninjas in Pyjamas and Astralis last met at the end of October, during the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 New Legends Stage, when NiP won 16-1 on Inferno. The result makes plenty of sense since Astralis had to play against their former long-time player Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz, but we could be in for a much different result on Wednesday.
Like NiP, Astralis have since made some changes, adding two new players in Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke and Benjamin “blameF” Bremer as well as a new coach in Alexander “ave” Holdt. With that, the Danish side have not only removed any tactical advantage dev1ce might have had against his former teammates, but they’ve also formed a very scary team.
It’s hard to say how Astralis will do with two new members, but on paper, this looks like a top-five team. There is a world where the outsiders cause an upset, but we like a safer bet on the overs.
