Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 betting tips – Wednesday, October 16

Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 kicks off on Wednesday, October 16, with the first pair of group stage fixtures. Local favourites JANO Esports will be looking to upset the tournament favourites, The MongolZ, followed by a clash between B8 and Ninjas in Pyjamas. Here are our Counter-Strike betting picks for the two series, with esports odds courtesy of top bookmakers in United States.

The MongolZ enter Elisa Masters Espoo 2024 priced as the outright title favourites. The Asian Counter-Strike team have posted good results over the last three months, with a silver medal from Skyesports Championship 2024 and a seventh-eighth finish at Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024.

JANO Esports have not come even close to achieving anything as impressive. The Finnish squad, No.173 in the Counter-Strike world rankings, qualified for the event by winning eSM 2024 — their only tournament title of the year.

They have since made the finals of Elisa Open Suomi Season 7 and are in good form, but JANO Esports have not faced a team as strong as MongolZ.

Even though MongolZ should win without many issues, the best Counter-Strike betting sites have set the round handicap at 7.5, which is too high. While a weaker team, JANO should be able to win a few rounds.

Ninjas in Pyjamas and B8 have yet to meet this season, but according to the esports betting odds, this should be a competitive series.

A month ago, NiP benched in-game leader Alejandro “alex” Masanet and replaced him with academy graduate Gareth “MisteM” Ries. Since the change, they have played just one game, losing to ECSTATIC in two maps.

B8 won their fifth trophy in September at CCT Season 2 European Series #10. While not a very stable team, B8 are 8-2 from their last 10 outings and boast a solid map pool, with a positive win rate on five maps.

Even though this is a best-of-one match, we would need a better price on Ninjas in Pyjamas to take their side.

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