by Esportbet brings you free betting picks for three Counter-Strike: Global Offensive bouts on Tuesday, May 24. Here are our selections for AGO vs SAW in ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe, and for a pair of Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 matches in Apeks vs Into the Breach and Esports Club Kyiv vs 777 Esports.
APEKS vs INTO THE BREACH CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Apeks -163.93 at BetOnline | ITB +125 at BetOnline |
| When: | May 24, 2022 | 15:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/elisaesports) |
Apeks seem to be in good form and have been playing well over the last couple of months. In April, they finished top four in the IEM Dallas open qualifiers, where they lost only one series against the PGL Major Antwerp quarter-finalists Copenhagen Flames (1-2).
Apeks have since played 13 official matches and won all but three, losing to BIG (0-2), GamerLegion (1-2), and again Copenhagen (1-2). Their next opponents, Into the Breach, have achieved far less, yet they’re on a run of 13 wins and only two losses.
Admittedly, most of ITB’s wins came against lesser squads, but they’re at least winning and are in great shape. The British squad are not an A-tier team, but they’re good enough to win a map, especially if they force Apeks onto Vertigo or Nuke.
Apeks to win at -163.93 with BetOnline is an appealing bet, but we’re after a higher payout, so we’ll take a shot at Apeks to win 2-1 on the correct score market.
Apeks to win 2-1
ESPORTS CLUB KYIV vs 777 ESPORTS CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Kyiv -204.08 at BetOnline | 777 +154 at BetOnline |
| When: | May 24, 2022 | 18:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/elisaesports) |
Esports Club Kyiv are far from the best team at Elisa Invitational Spring 2022, but they’ve had their moments this month. Most notably, the Ukrainian squad played surprisingly well in the IEM Dallas European Qualifier, where they took a map from Copenhagen Flames (1-2), defeated Fnatic (2-1), and even took 11 and 13 rounds from the eventual champions, MOUZ.
Since then, EC Kyiv haven’t done much, winning three of their next five outings. However, we got to see how good they can be, so it makes sense for the esports betting sites to price them as the favourites.
777 Esports have not produced any noteworthy results lately, and their last official match happened on May 2, when they won against Foxed Gaming (2-0). Before that, 777 were on a five-game losing streak, so not only is their form very questionable, but they are also a bit ring-rusty.
Even though we don’t believe EC Kyiv are much better talent-wise than 777, we haven’t seen enough from the Norwegian squad to bet on them. Kyiv to win the first map with at least three rounds to spare is a good play.
EC Kyiv -2.5 rounds
AGO vs SAW CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | AGO -102.04 at BetOnline | SAW -129.87 at BetOnline |
| When: | May 24, 2022 | 19:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/elisaesports) |
AGO and SAW will clash on Tuesday in the ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe decider match. It will be a rematch from the opening round of Group C, which AGO won (2-1) with 11-16 on Nuke, 16-10 on Ancient, and 16-13 on Vertigo.
AGO have since lost against Falcons Esports (0-2), whereas SAW picked up a forfeit win against Copenhagen Flames, earning them one last chance to reach the playoffs. Interestingly, even though SAW lost the last match, they enter this bout as -129.87 favourites, but that’s not surprising.
SAW are stronger, but they had an off day the last time they met with AGO, so it’s fair to expect a better showing from the Portuguese squad this time out. Still, AGO have shown enough for us to believe this won’t be a one-sided affair, and there are stats to confirm that.
AGO are much stronger on Dust II, Mirage, and Ancient, while they share a 50% win rate on Inferno, so no matter how the map veto goes, the Poles should be in a good spot to win at least one map. A 2-1 victory for SAW is the most likely outcome, but we’ll play it safe and settle for a bet on over 2.5 maps.
