by ESB brings you free Counter-Strike betting predictions for three round-one bouts at ESL Challenger J?nk?ping 2023 on Friday, November 24. Here are our selections for Monte vs TYLOO, Virtus.pro vs 3DMAX, and MiBR vs GamerLegion.
MONTE vs TYLOO CS2 BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Monte -400 at BetOnline | TYLOO +275 at BetOnline |
| When: | November 24, 2023 | 10:00 CET |
| Watch Live: | Lolesports, Twitch |
Monte are fresh off an impressive finals appearance at Roobet Cup 2023 and a top-four finish at Thunderpick World Championship 2023, which explains why the Ukrainians are priced as second-favourites to win ESL Challenger J?nk?ping 2023 at +225 with BetOnline.
TYLOO, meanwhile, sit on the opposite side of the outright betting markets, priced as the biggest outsiders at +7500 odds to hoist the trophy. That makes sense, considering TYLOO have not accomplished much in European tournaments this season.
However, Asian CS squads are notoriously challenging to get ready for. Despite lacking the talent of European teams, TYLOO and other Chinese squads regularly present problems for Western teams, and this time it should be no different.
Even though Monte should win, taking the outsiders with a 4.5-round advantage for a best-of-one match makes more sense.
TYLOO +4.5 rounds
VIRTUS.PRO vs 3DMAX CS2 BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | VP -250 at BetOnline | 3D +175 at BetOnline |
| When: | November 24, 2023 | 12:50 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/ESLCS) |
3DMAX (formerly HEET) have, after six months, found a new home and enter ESL Challenger J?nk?ping 2023 with a point to prove. The French squad hasn’t looked amazing this season, but 3DMAX have found momentum since the transition to Counter-Strike 2.
Since October, Lucas “Lucky” Chastang and co. have made the finals of the Esportal Clash Open, won ESEA Cash Cup Europe – Autumn 2023 #2, and grabbed another silver medal from CCT East Europe Series #3. Unfortunately, their strong form might not mean much in this clash.
Virtus.pro are the outright favourites to win ESL Challenger J?nk?ping 2023, and rightly so. The Russian squad won Roobet Cup 2023 at the start of October and added a silver medal from Thunderpick World Championship 2023 with just one defeat against the current no.1 team in the world, FaZe Clan.
Virtus.pro are in excellent form and are making a case for themselves as one of the top-five teams in the world. So even though best-of-one games are a bit more unpredictable, VP should prove to be too much to handle for the French squad.
Virtus.pro -3.5 rounds
GAMERLEGION vs MIBR CS2 BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | GL -120.48 at BetOnline | MiBR -120.48 at BetOnline |
| When: | November 24, 2023 | 14:15 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/ESLCS) |
GamerLegion looked incredible early in the 2023 season and even made the finals of BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023. Since then, however, they’ve not accomplished much.
In October, GamerLegion crashed out of Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 in seventh-eighth place, for which they deserve some slack given they were eliminated by the eventual champions, FaZe Clan. But what’s more concerning is that GL have not played an official game since.
MiBR have found some success over the last two months with a silver medal from CCT Online Finals #3 and back-to-back wins at XL Games 2023 and the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Winter 2023 South American Qualifier. While not the most challenging events, MiBR have shown good form, although they too have not played an official CS2 match this month.
As a best-of-one match between two rusty teams, no result would surprise us, but we have to side with a team that has a higher ceiling. At -120.48 with top CS2 betting sites, GamerLegion are an excellent bet.
