by ESB’s free Counter-Strike: Global Offensive betting tips for Tuesday, May 9, focus on three ESL Challenger League Season 45: Europe bouts. Here are our predictions for Team LDLC vs B8, LookingForOrg vs Sprout, and Movistar Riders vs ex-Partizan Esports.
TEAM LDLC vs B8 CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAIL |
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| Best Odds: | LDLC +162 at BetOnline | B8 -227.27 at BetOnline |
| When: | May 9, 2023 |19:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo) |
Team LDLC and B8 will clash in the first round of the lower bracket at ESL Challenger League Season 45: Europe. It’ll mark their first meeting since February when B8 defeated Team LDLC in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Qualifier A.
Since crashing out of the RMR, Team LDLC have looked solid, but they’ve not won a single tournament. Their best tournament results came at RES Western European Masters: Spring 2023 (fifth-sixth) and CCT West Europe Series #2 (fifth-eighth).
Like LDLC, B8 didn’t make it to the BLAST.tv Paris Major after crashing out of the RMR, and they’ve since played just six fixtures; however, most were compacted at the end of April, so it’s not like B8 will enter this match rusty. Still, B8 haven’t faced any tough opponents, so it’s hard to explain why they’re priced as $1.44 favourites.
B8 defeated Team LDLC last time, but the French squad have since made some changes and now look better, so there’s no reason to have them priced as heavy underdogs. Team LDLC to win at +162 or better is a solid value bet with esports betting sites.
Team LDLC to win
LOOKING FOR ORG vs SPROUT CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAIL |
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| Best Odds: | FLO -175.44 at BetOnline | Sprout +125 at BetOnline |
| When: | May 9, 2023 |19:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo) |
LookingForOrg (former HEET) failed to qualify for the RMR and thus missed a chance to attend the Paris Major. However, even though HEET didn’t show much against the world’s top teams, they’ve done well for themselves.
At the end of April, the French squad won CCT Central Europe Series #6 and started their ESL Challenger League Season 45 campaign with a win against Into the Win (2-1), but proved to be no match for SAW (1-2). Regardless, LFO have shown decent results over the last few weeks.
The German CS:GO squad enter this match with a 2-3 record with wins against Insilio (2-0) and Dynamo Eclot (2-0) and three defeats against 9INE (1-2), Websterz (1-2), and Nexus Gaming (7-16).
Even before that run, Sprout haven’t produced anything remarkable, nor were they very consistent with their showings.
Esports bookmakers have LFO priced as favourites, which can be explained by looking at their title-run at CCT Central Europe Series #6, but if we zoom out, there isn’t much to set these two teams apart, so betting on LookingForOrg at -175.44 makes no sense. Value is with Sprout.
Sprout to win
MOVISTAR RIDERS vs EX-PARTIZAN ESPORTS BETTING & MATCH DETAIL |
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| Best Odds: | Movistar -303.03 at BetOnline | ex-Partizan +225 at BetOnline |
| When: | May 9, 2023 |19:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo) |
Movistar Riders had an explosive start to the tournament and demolished Iron Branch (2-0) before getting reverse-swept by EYEBALLERS (1-2) in the second round of the upper bracket. The Spaniards have since attended and won the ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2023 by beating Rare Atom (19-16), Bad News Eagles (16-11), ECSTATIC (2-0), and Bad News Eagles (2-0) in the finals.
Their next opponents, ex-Partizan have not achieved nearly as much recently or throughout this season. Since getting cut by the Serbian esports organisation, the Balkan roster have attended two events, the Elisa Invitational Spring 2023 and CCT West Europe Series #3, but didn’t accomplish much, with a 21st-23rd and 23rd-24th-place finish, respectively.
Even in their recent outings, ex-Partizan failed to impress, making it tough to believe we’ll see an upset on Tuesday. Movistar Riders to win 2-0 at +120 is more than fair.
