BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 EU Qualifier betting picks – April 14

BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 European Regional Qualifier kicks off on Monday, April 14, with the first Swiss Stage fixtures, when 16 CS2 squads will begin their quest for a Major berth. Check out our Counter-Strike 2 betting picks for the day, with esports odds courtesy of the best bookmakers in United States.

B8 and Metizport have recently featured at the PGL Astana 2025: European Qualifier, where they placed third-fourth and second, respectively. Metizport made it further in the tournament, and they have another runner-up finish in late March at Galaxy Battle 2025 // STARTER.

B8, like Metizport, have managed a couple of notable tournament runs over the last two months, including a semifinal run at CCT Season 2 European Series #17 and a gold medal from CCT Season 2 European Series #18, which explains the offered betting odds.

Even though B8 have managed more inspiring results, there is not much to separate the teams quality-wise. Metizport are in good shape and are a solid bet at +150 to win a best-of-one.

BIG have yet to win a tournament this season. They placed second at YaLLa Compass Winter 2025 in March but quickly returned to their old ways with a ninth-16th-place finish at CCT Season 2 European Series #20.

Success was also hard to come by for 9Pandas, who showed some signs of life early into the year but are 4-4 over the last eight outings with losses to Metizport, BetBoom Team, Nemiga Gaming, and Complexity. In contrast, BIG are on a seven-game winning streak, albeit against lesser regional opponents.

9Pandas have the talent to do well, but they’ve not shown looked great lately, so it is easy to make a case for BIG at the offered number.

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The best Counter-Strike 2 betting sites have HEROIC priced as -133.33 favourites to defeat PARIVISION, which seems like a generous number. Yet PARIVISION have shown good things over the last two months.

The Russian squad have proven they can perform with a semifinal run at CCT Season 2 European Series #20 last month, but they are also known to be inconsistent – as seen in their recent losses to NAVI Junior, OG, GUN5 Esports, and B8. HEROIC have also produced a few worrying losses recently, namely with losses against Nemiga and OG, and they’ve dropped maps against GUN5, 9Pandas, and 9INE.

This looks like a coin-flip game, so we will gladly take PARIVISION at plus money.

SAW have not come close to winning a tournament this season, but they’ve featured only in bigger events, including PGL Cluj-Napoca 2025 and ESL Pro League Season 21, where they placed fifth-eighth and 12th-14th, respectively.

BetBoom Team have not attended a S-tier tournament since BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 in January, and still, they have not come close to winning a single event.

SAW played their last match a month ago. But knowing they managed to hold their own against some of the world’s best squads, they should do fine against BetBoom Team, who have looked shaky even when faced with lesser squads.

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Fnatic replaced Freddy “KRIMZ” Johansson with Johannes “b0RUP” Borup ahead of the Major qualifiers, which is not optimal. However, KRIMZ has not been playing well of late, so b0RUP could be a boost Fnatic need to get back on their feet.

BC.Game Esports have been all over the place with their results this season, yet they have recently found some momentum with five wins from their last six. That includes a 2-0 sweep of Fnatic in the CCT Season 2 European Series #19 finals.

It was a very one-sided game and the second head-to-head loss for Fnatic of the year, so even with b0RUP’s arrival, it is hard to side with the Black & Orange at this number.

Astralis are one of the main candidates to win the BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 European Regional Qualifier, despite managing just four wins from their last 10. In Astralis’ defence, they have been competing only in bigger events; however, their loss to Apogee Esports this month does not inspire much confidence.

OG are 7-3 from their last 10, but they’ve not faced any good teams over that stretch, making it hard to imagine they are ready to face a tier-one team.

There is a world where Astralis shoot themselves in the foot and lose, but they can not afford any more slip-ups. More times than not, Astralis win this without any issues.

GamerLegion did well at PGL Bucharest 2025 earlier this month. They made it to the playoffs but were beaten by Team Falcons, who ended their solid run, including wins against Legacy, Virtus.pro, and Falcons during the group stage.

Nemiga Gaming have yet to attend a big event this season. Still, they have done fairly well with two third-fourth-place finishes at the PGL Astana 2025: European Qualifier and YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025: Closed Qualifier.

Nemiga Gaming’s most notable victory last month was a 13-11 against 9Pandas, and they have not beaten any top-rated teams. They are unlikely to do well against GamerLegion, who are on the cusp of breaking top 10 in the global CS standings.

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