ESL Pro League Season 20 betting picks – Wed, Sep 4

The ESL Pro League Season 20 group stage continues on Wednesday, September 4, as The MongolZ clash with 3DMAX and Wildcard look to upset Team Spirit. Check our Counter-Strike betting picks for the day, with esports odds courtesy of top bookmakers in United States.

In one of the more lopsided fixtures of the ESL Pro League Season 20 group stage, Peter “stanislaw” Jarguz’s Wildcard will look to derail one of the tournament favourites, Team Spirit. However, iit is fair to question whether Counter-Strike betting sites have priced Spirit a bit too short.

Although Wildcard are one of the lowest-ranked teams in Malta and hail from a weak region, they have dominated the North American scene for the last two months. That is still not as impressive as Team Spirit’s run since the start of August, but at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne, we saw that Spirit can collapse even against weaker opponents.

It would be too optimistic to believe Wildcard can defeat Team Spirit under normal circumstances, but the map handicap odds for this series are a bit too generous.

The MongolZ have made serious noise over the last few months in European Counter-Strike tournaments. While their run at IEM Cologne 2024 was not as successful, they defeated FlyQuest, Eternal Fire, and Team Spirit, and also played two close series against SAW.

After a strong run of their own, DMAX have cooled down lately. They won Skyesports Championship at the end of July but have since placed last in Cologne and ended CCT Season 2 European Series #8 in 9th-16th place.

While 3DMAX beat The MongolZ in July, their performances since then have been underwhelming. Backing the favourites at -181.82 is not a bad option, but Garidmagnai “bLitz” Byambasuren and co. should be able to sweep 3DMAX without many issues.

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Mark Prezelj

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Mark Prezelj is a Slovenian esports betting analyst with over 3,500 articles at EsportBet and the founder of Lines64.com — someone who has been reading odds longer than most readers have been watching esports.

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