Esports Championship Series Season 6 Week 5
The 6th season of the Esports Championship Series is entering its 5th week. Great matches and CS:GO betting opportunities are available and in this article I will provide an analysis of the bets that are worth taking in relation to this event.
Current standings for Europe
- 1st place: Astralis ( 14 W – 0 L )
- 2nd place: North ( 8 W – 2 L )
- 3rd place: mousesports ( 8 W – 6 L )
- 4th place: FaZe Clan ( 5 W – 5 L )
- 5th place: OpTic Gaming ( 5 W – 11 L)
- 6th place: Fnatic ( 4 W – 6 L )
- 7th place: Ninjas in Pyjamas ( 3 W – 5 L )
- 8th place: G2 Esports ( 3 W – 11 L )
- 9th place: Team LDLC.com (2 W – 4 L )
- 10th place: Virtus.pro ( 2 W – 4 L )
Current standings for Europe
- 1st place: NRG Esports ( 11 W – 5 L )
- 2nd place: Team Liquid ( 11 W – 5 L )
- 3rd place: Cloud9 ( 10 W – 8 L )
- 4th place: MIBR ( 9 W – 5 L )
- 5th place: compLexity Gaming ( 6 W – 2 L)
- 6th place: Rogue ( 5 W – 5 L )
- 7th place: eUnited ( 5 W – 9 L )
- 8th place: Renegades ( 3 W – 3 L )
- 9th place: Luminosity Gaming (3 W – 13 L )
- 10th place: Spacestation Gaming ( 1 W – 9 L )
Betting predictions
Astralis vs. Virtus.pro
Astralis is by far the world’s strongest and most consistent team and has been for more than 6 months. Both its tournament results as well as its flawless 14 W – 0 L record in the Esports Championship Series make it a clear favorite in this match against a very weak Virtus.pro, which has been underperforming throughout the whole duration of 2018.
For each of the 2 maps, Betway puts the odds for this match at 1.12 – 5.25 in favor of Astralis. All things considered, this is completely free money to be made.
Esports Championship Series betting prediction: Astralis to win.
Virtus.pro vs. FaZe Clan
VP will need to play this match after a very likely disastrous loss against Astralis. And to make matters worse, FaZe Clan has just had a big comeback moment at EPICENTER 2018. The team won its first tournament in the last 4 months, defeating Natus Vincere in the Grand Final. That is quite an achievement considering how strong Na’Vi is and how weak FaZe Clan was just a short while ago.
For each of the 2 maps, Betway puts the odds for this match at 4.00 – 1.20, which is another free gift as far as I can tell. There’s just no way that Virtus.pro can defeat this version of FaZe Clan, which seems to have figured out what it went wrong in the past 4 months.
Esports Championship Series betting prediction: FaZe Clan to win.
compLexity Gaming vs. MIBR
MIBR is in great shape right now. With YNk as its coach, MIBR has gone from bad to good in just a few months. The problem is that compLexity isn’t playing bad either and in light of its recent results, including a 5th – 8th place at the FACEIT Major: London 2018 where it lost to MIBR in the Quarterfinals, we might see a very disputed match here. The match should end either 1 – 1 or 0 – 2 in favor of MIBR. A victory for the Brazilians is slightly more likely, but not by much.
For each of the 2 maps, Betway puts the odds for this match at 2.95 – 1.35 in favor of MIBR. The best and safest choice is to bet on only one of the two maps and pick MIBR as the winner. Also, make sure you bet on it for its chosen map, not its opponent’s.
Esports Championship Series betting prediction: MIBR to win.
MIBR vs. Rogue
This match seems destined to end in a draw and that’s because neither of these teams has what it takes to beat the other twice and win with a clean 2 – 0 result. You should count on each of these opponents to win their chosen map.
For each of the 2 maps, Betway puts the odds for this match at 1.20 – 4.00 in favor of MIBR, but the skill difference is not as big as the odds suggest.
Esports Championship Series betting prediction: draw.
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