by Esportbet is back with another set of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive betting picks, this time for Thursday’s ESL Pro League Season 15 games. Here are our selections for MOUZ vs G2 Esports, Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Entropiq, and Fnatic vs LookingForOrg, with top odds courtesy of BetOnline.
MOUZ vs G2 ESPORTS CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Odds: | MOUZ +225 at BetOnline | G2 -303.03 at BetOnline |
| When: | March 10, 2022 | 12:30 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/ESL_CSGO) |
After meeting with Entropiq on Wednesday, MOUZ will continue their quest for the ESL Pro League Season 15 crown with a tough match against IEM Katowice 2022 finalists G2 Esports. The European mix last met with Nikola “NiKo” Kovač and his crew in October 2021, when G2 secured a comfortable 16-10 victory at IEM Fall 2021 Europe.
MOUZ have since not made much progress, and their only notable tournament placement across the last 12 months was a title from Flashpoint Season 3 in May. In contrast, G2 Esports took a giant leap towards the organisation’s goal of fielding the best CS:GO esports team in the world, with grand final appearances at PGL Major Stockholm 2021 and the IEM Katowice 2022 last month.
MOUZ will welcome back Aurimas “Bymas” Pipiras, who was out of action with COVID, but that likely won’t help them overcome G2 Esports. It’s worth noting that G2 will be without their in-game leader Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen, but that’s hardly an issue knowing that François “AMANEK” Delaunay is ready to step in. We’re on G2 Esports to cover the 7.5 line for total rounds.
G2 Esports -7.5 rounds
NINJAS IN PYJAMAS vs ENTROPIQ CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Odds: | NiP -151.52 at BetOnline | Entropiq +110 at BetOnline |
| When: | March 10, 2022 | 16:00 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/ESL_CSGO) |
Entropiq are expected to struggle against Ninjas in Pyjamas, which makes sense considering their recent showings have been far from convincing. The Russians have won only one of their last five outings, beating Renegades (2-0) but losing against ENCE (9-16, 0-2), BLUEJAYS (0-2), and MOUZ (0-2).
Ninjas in Pyjamas last met with Entropiq in September 2021, when they came back from a 9-6 half-time deficit on Dust II with 16-14 and added a convincing 16-9 win on Ancient. At the time, NiP were still playing with Nicolai “device” Reedtz, but even though the Danish CS:GO superstar is no longer in the active roster, NiP have not been too shabby of late.
The Swedes came one match short of reaching the quarter-finals at IEM Katowice last month and even took down Gambit Esports in the first round of the group stage, which is nothing to sneeze at. Entropiq boast a talented roster with a very high ceiling, but the eye test would confirm something isn’t clicking in this team. We could see this series reach the third map, but NiP should prevail.
Ninjas in Pyjamas to win
LOOKINGFORORG vs FNATIC CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Odds: | LFO +700 at BetOnline | Fnatic -1666.67 at BetOnline |
| When: | March 10, 2022 | 19:30 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/ESL_CSGO) |
Fnatic had some moments of brilliance at IEM Katowice 2022, where they defeated G2 Esports (2-1) and had chances to beat the eventual champions, FaZe Clan (1-2). However, due to the recent roster moves, it’s hard to put too much weight on what we saw from Fnatic last month.
With Peppe “Peppzor” Borak taking over for Ludvig “Brollan” Brolin and Iulian “regali” Harjău replacing Owen “smooya” Butterfield, Fnatic lack the star power to reach far. Still, even with a severely weakened roster, Fnatic should feel comfortable facing LookingForOrg, who appear to be the weakest team at the tournament by a large margin.
Many teams will underestimate LookingForOrg, which might benefit the Aussies, but Fnatic are in no position to look down on anyone. This is a must-win match for the Black & Orange, who might have issues but are still good enough to defeat L4Org with plenty to spare.
