Esports betting tips & odds – Tuesday, September 15

ESL Pro League Season 12 is entering the final days of the group stage, while BTS Pro Series Season 3 rolls on as well. Let’s check out the latest odds and best bets on offer at BetOnline.

ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe


FaZe Clan are now 0-4 record in the ESL Pro League after their 0-2 loss to Team Vitality on Sunday. Team Spirit are 2-2 thanks to wins over Vitality (2-1) and Ninjas in Pyjamas (2-1), while they also looked decent in their 1-2 defeats against Fnatic and Complexity Gaming.

Spirit enter the match priced as the favourites, but their odds still seem a bit high. FaZe have yet to win a single map out of eight played, whereas Spirit have won at least one map in each of their four series. We have no problem trusting Leonid “chopper” Vishnyakov and co. to deliver in this one.


Team Vitality kept themselves in the playoff race with a clean sweep of FaZe Clan. On the other hand, Fnatic were underwhelming in their 1-2 loss to Complexity on Friday, when they managed to win only four rounds on the opening map, Mirage.

Fnatic and Vitality usually produce close affairs, but we expect to see a much more one-sided bout this time. Even though the French squad left a lot to be desired in their opening fixtures, they looked significantly better over the weekend and should have no issues winning in straight sets on Tuesday.

Astralis are slowly finding their form and starting to look like they can win this tournament. Ninjas in Pyjamas have also shown some improvement, although that has translated to only limited success.

After losing their opening match 0-2 against Complexity Gaming, Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander and co. won the next three against FaZe (2-0), Vitality (2-1) and mousesports (2-1). NiP lost their opening two against Vitality (1-2) and Complexity (0-2), won against mousesports (2-1) and lost their most recent bout with Spirit (1-2).

Astralis are in significantly better form than their Scandinavian rivals and seem like the most likely victors. Since this is an online match, however, there is a good chance NiP could snatch a map and cover the line.

ESL Pro League Season 12 North America

Triumph are not the same team since Michael “Grim” Wince left for Team Liquid. While Chaos Esports Club are dealing with similar issues after the departure of in-game leader Joshua “steel” Nissan, they’re still playing surprisingly well.

Last week Chaos crushed Gen.G (2-0) and before that took Team Liquid to three maps (1-2). Meanwhile, Triumph lost against FURIA (0-2) and Cloud9 (0-2), failing to win more than three rounds in three out of four maps played.

This match has ‘stomp’ written all over it. We don’t see how Triumph can win a map, let alone the series.

BTS Pro Series Season 3 Southeast Asia

After two days of play, NEW Esports hold a 1-1 record which includes a disappointing 0-2 loss to TNC Predator and an incredible 2-0 win against Fnatic. Execration played two stalemates against 032 and Motivate.Trust Gaming – not terrible results, but not good either.

These teams met twice during the Elite Competition in July, when Execration won 2-1 and 3-0. Despite that, it’s NEW Esports who enter this match as favourites, likely due to their shock win against Fnatic.

Even though Execration have cooled down since their last meeting with NEW, Karl “Karl” Jayme and co. should force a draw and keep their undefeated head-to-head record intact.

TNC Predator drew their opening game of the tournament against BOOM Esports and added a convincing 2-0 win against NEW Esports. Neon Esports opened with a stalemate 496 Gaming, but they went down 0-2 against BOOM on Sunday.

Out of seven meetings with Neon in 2020, Park “March” Tae-won and co. won two series, drew two and lost three, albeit with a tight 7-8 map differential. TNC also defeated Neon 2-1 less than two weeks ago at ESL One Thailand 2020 Asia.

TNC Predator are not performing at the level they did in 2019, but they are clearly improving. As long as they can continue playing at the level they have been showing of late, this will be their game to lose.

BTS Pro Series Season 3 Europe/CIS

Khan managed a 1-1 stalemate against mudgolems and a 2-0 win against B8 in their opening two games. Ninjas in Pyjamas have played only one match so far, producing a convincing 2-0 win against B8.

NiP are 4-6 from their last 10 fixtures and 3-3 across the last two weeks. Khan hold a 5-1-4 record in their last 10 and have a 3-1-1 record since the start of the month. Even though Khan’s record looks better, they’ve played mostly weaker sides and tend to struggle when facing stronger teams.

This was seen at the start of September when NiP swept Khan in the OMEGA League. The favourites will fancy their chances, and so should you.

Even though Team Empire have not done much since they finished as runners-up at Arena of Blood Season 2 in July, it’s very difficult to trust B8 to produce an upset following their poor performances in the opening stages of this competition.

B8 have already lost to Ninjas in Pyjamas, Vikin.gg and Khan, all in clean sweeps. While we can respect the resistance this team are showing, they’ve now lost nine of their last 10 matches.

The only thing working against Empire here is that they have been on a break for two weeks, but we don’t see how that is important when facing a team they beat in August who have a 24% win rate across 127 games.