by ESB brings you free Overwatch League (OWL) betting predictions for two May Melee bouts in the Western Division this Thursday. Here are our best bets for Paris Eternal vs Atlanta Reign and Washington Justice vs Boston Uprising.
PARIS ETERNAL vs ATLANTA REIGN OWL BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| OWL Betting Odds: | Eternal +454 at BetOnline | Reign -833.33 at BetOnline |
| When: | April 29, 2021 at 12:00 PDT |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/overwatchleague) |
Paris Eternal denied us a winning bet with our OWL betting predictions for Friday with a very strong performance in their 3-1 win against Vancouver Titans. They lost their next match 1-3 against Houston Outlaws, but it wasn’t like the Eternal played poorly. They lost the final two maps with minimal margins – 2-3 on Assault (Volskaya Industries) and 3-4 on Hybrid (King’s Row).
Their next opponents are Atlanta Reign, who have yet to win a single match this season. We sided against the Reign in our betting predictions for the first week of play, which proved to be the right choice, and we are very tempted to do it again here.
Atlanta look like the stronger team on paper, but they haven’t played a single match in a week. They’re also struggling with their form, so there is a strong case to be made for the outsiders to at least keep this one close.
Paris Eternal +1.5 maps
WASHINGTON JUSTICE vs BOSTON UPRISING OWL BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| OWL Betting Odds: | Justice -1666.67 at BetOnline | Uprising +662 at BetOnline |
| When: | April 29, 2021 at 13:30 PDT |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/overwatchleague) |
Along with the Titans, Boston Uprising are a strong candidates to end the season as the weakest team in the OWL. They’re 0-2 with a 0-6 map differential after two clean sweep losses against Los Angeles Gladiators and Dallas Fuel.
Washington Justice have the better form line, but they are yet to be properly tested. Their two games thus far have ended in 3-1 victories against the Fuel and the Titans, so we don’t really know at this stage how good the Justice are.
Boston looked lost last week, and unless they find a way to improve, they will struggle to win a match in the May Melee. That said, they have good enough players for us to steer clear from betting on the Justice to win 3-0.
Washington are clearly the better team, but they dropped a map against a Vancouver team that looks just as weak as the Uprising. Boston can steal a map, but we don’t expect much more. Expect a 3-1 victory for the favourites.
