Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 betting tips | November 30

Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 kicks off on Saturday, November 30, with the first round of the Opening Stage, when 16 teams will begin their quest to secure an Elimination Stage invite. Here are our Counter-Strike betting picks for all eight first-round fixtures at the Perfect World Shanghai Major, with esports odds courtesy of United States.

FURIA Esports secured a ticket for Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 by the skin of their teeth after beating M80 in the seventh place decider in the American RMR. They are 4-2 from their last six, with losses against Legacy and Team Liquid, while their only notable victory over that stretch came against M80 in the deciding RMR fixture.

GamerLegion have had a similar road through the European RMR with wins against UNiTY, Team Falcons, SINNERS Esports, and BetBoom Team in the seventh-place decider. Before the RMR, GamerLegion had not accomplished as much as FURIA, who placed top four at Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2024. Still, that success alone is not enough to view the Brazilians as a vastly superior team.

GamerLegion are a competitive side and should keep this match close.

MiBR shocked the world by finishing the American RMR 3-0, but they got a bit lucky, and it is not like André “drop” Abreu and co. had to struggle much, with wins against KRU Esports, Imperial Esports, and Complexity. Virtus.pro went 3-1 in the European RMR B, but like MiBR, their schedule was fairly soft, with wins against TSM, 9Pandas, and Sashi Esports.

While neither squad showed much in the RMRs, Virtus.pro are rightly priced as favourites with the best Counter-Strike betting sites. While somewhat inconsistent, VP boast a strong map pool and have flown higher than MiBR this season.

Cloud9 have not met expectations this season, especially in the last two months. C9 have consistently struggled against tougher opponents, but are effective when faced with lower-ranked teams.

Team Liquid have had their moments throughout the year, but these have became scarcer in the latter part of the season. As with Cloud9, TL’s lack of accomplishments was due to their poor record when faced with top-10-ranked squads.

Both teams struggle with the same problem, and while TL have shown more over the last 11 months, Cloud9 to win at +153 in a best-of-one is an easy choice.

Complexity should be clear favourites to win their opening match of Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, but it is hard to justify taking their side at -416.67 in a best-of-one.

FlyQuest are not expected to do well in China, but they won the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Atlanta 2024 in October and have since posted solid results against regional opponents. That does not make them favoured to win this match, but seeing the Australian squad priced at +166 is too generous. Australians can bet on Flyquest at the top Australian esports betting sites.

BIG and Passion UA met during the Europe RMR B last week when BIG won with a 2-1 reverse sweep. According to the latest odds, they are expected to do it again, but their past success does not justify this number.

Passion UA have been playing exceptionally well of late, and while this won’t last forever, the Ukrainian squad are in excellent form – and, as shown last week, capable of holding their own against BIG.

At plus money, Passion UA are a more appealing pick.

Fnatic continue to rely on Benjamin “blameF” Bremer – the third-highest-rated player at EU RMR A (1.40) – to do most of the heavy lifting. But sometimes, that is enough, especially against weaker teams who can’t stop him.

Wildcard are a surprise appearance at the Shanghai Major after producing a 3-0 run through the Americas RMR. But that success should be taken with a grain of salt.
Fnatic are far from one of the leading candidates to do damage at the Major, but at -129.87, they are an obvious pick to defeat Peter “stanislaw” Jarguz and his crew.

The MongolZ are given an 86.2% implied probability to defeat Rare Atom, which is a massive number for a best-of-one match. Even though they have accomplished much more than Rare Atom, the Chinese side beat MongolZ in July and played two competitive games in April.

Although a less accomplished team, Rare Atom know their opponents well and as seen in their recent clashes, RA know how to deal with Garidmagnai “bLitz” Byambasuren and his crew. So, while this is still The MongolZ’s game to lose, Rare Atom should be able to keep it relatively close.

PaiN Gaming and Imperial Esports have met six times this season, and all but one best-of-one match ended in paiN’s victory. That includes a dominant victory 13-5 win during the Americans RMR earlier this month.

Imperial Esports have since beaten KRU Esports and RED Canids, improving their record to 4-6 from the last 10. On the other side, paiN Gaming are 8-2 over the same stretch.

Even though regional derbies tend to be more unpredictable, Rodrigo “biguzera” Bittencourt and co. have beaten Imperial enough times this season to believe they can do it again without any issues.

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