by ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe lower bracket continues on Tuesday, February 28, and eSportBet.com is here with some betting picks for the final set of first-round games. Check out our selections for Team LDLC vs 500 and Bad News Eagles vs Movistar Riders, with CS:GO betting odds courtesy of BetOnline.
TEAM LDLC vs 500 CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | LDLC +143 at BetOnline | 500 -192.31 at BetOnline |
| When: | February 28, 2023 | 16:00 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo) |
Team LDLC signed Aurélien “afro” Drapier at the end of January and have since been posting good results until they fell apart at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 European RMR Qualifier A. Despite a solid start to the qualifiers, beating Turów Zgorzelec (19-15) and Astralis (16-14), Team LDLC dropped their next three games against G2 Esports (5-16), 1win (10-16), and B8 (1-2), thus missed out on reaching European RMR B.
Since that disappointing run, Team LDLC have played three games against GenOne (16-8), KRC Genk Esports (2-1), and HEET (2-0) and won all, so at least they’re in good form. The same can’t be said for 500, who are fresh off a 5-16 loss against ECSTATIC following a narrow victory (16-14) against ex-INVSN Team. Like LDLC, 500 didn’t impress at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 European RMR Qualifier B (2-3), but they made it through the qualifier decider with a 2-0 sweep of HAVU.
Team LDLC have won more of their recent outings, but they haven’t beaten a single good team, whereas 500 might have lost more games, but they played well against decent opponents. Still, that doesn’t explain the latest CS:GO betting odds.
Team LDLC are underperforming, but this squad has solid players and holds a better map win rate on five out of seven maps in the rotation, making them a very appealing pick at the offered price.
Team LDLC to win
BAD NEWS EAGLES vs MOVISTAR RIDERS CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | BNE -312.5 at BetOnline | Movistar +221 at BetOnline |
| When: | February 28, 2023 | 16:00 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo) |
Bad News Eagles have been on the cusp of breaking into the top 15 since November until the recent dip in form, which resulted in an exit from Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 European Qualifier and BNE slipping down the global CS:GO ladder to no.21. On a more positive note, the Kosovar squad has played well since then.
Recently, BNE attended CCT Central Europe Malta Finals, where they lost the finals against Eternal Fire (1-2), despite beating the Turkish squad twice prior (2-1, 16-14). However, from that tournament run, we’re mostly interested in Bad News Eagles’ dominant victory against Movistar Riders (16-8, 16-10).
It’s been just over a week since that series, so it’s fair to expect a repeat result on Tuesday. Even if Movistar Riders do better, they’ll have to improve significantly to match Bad News Eagles, who were in complete control the last these teams they met.
