Cyber.Bet Golden League

The last time SJ Gaming and HellRaisers met on the battlefield was during the Nine to Five #3 in August when HR won 2-1. Since then, we have not seen any significant growth from either side, which suggests we are in for another close match.

SJ’s price seems a bit too generous considering they recently beat AGF, SKADE and Lyngby Vikings. While that does not necessarily guarantee the Finns will have an easy time, they’re at least in good form and should cause some headaches to HellRaisers.

Nine to Five #7

These teams last met in September during the Vie.gg Legends Series, where Nexus claimed a clean sweep with 19-17 on Nuke and 16-4 on Mirage. Nexus have not made any roster changes since then, whereas Apeks have strengthened their squad with the addition of the former 100 Thieves player Joakim “jkaem” Myrbostad.

Jkaem has been playing fairly well at his new team, averaging a 1.11 rating, but the poor form of Martin “Nasty” Garvik (0.81) means we cannot side with the underdogs here. And while Nexus should win this match, we don’t believe they will manage a clean sweep, largely because they will struggle to outsmart Dennis “dennis” Edman. Expect a close series with all three maps played.

2020 AfreecaTV GSL Super Tournament 2

Jun “TY” Tae Yang and Nam “Hurricane” Ki-woong will clash this Wednesday for the first time since October when TY swept his compatriot 3-0 at the Kung Fu Cup 2020 Weekly #24. Hurricane has played 17 games since then and managed to win only six. TY, meanwhile, has won eight out of 12 outings, including triumphs against Kim “Stats” Dae Yeob, Cho “Maru” Seong Ju, Lee “Rogue” Byeong Yeol and Shin “RagnaroK” Hee Bum.

In our books, TY is paying way over the odds at +200 to repeat his success from last month and win 3-0. A fairer price would be somewhere around +150, making this a great value bet.

Byun “ByuN” Hyun-woo won his first Major title in two years on Sunday when he bested Cho “Maru” Seong Ju (4-2) in the ASUS ROG Online 2020 grand finals. Despite his solid form, ByuN has yet to defeat Park “Dark” Ryung-woo this year, and he’s already lost to his compatriot twice in November.

Esports bookmakers did a fine job setting the odds here, but there is some value to be found in the correct score market. ByuN is priced at +450 to win 3-2, which is a solid long-shot bet considering ByuN and Dark usually produce close affairs.

Joo “Zest” Sung Wook is priced as high as -188.68 to defeat Kim “sOs” Yoo Jin, which might seem a bit off considering sOs has won four of their last five meetings. However, that does not mean much since their last clash happened way back in April 2019.

Zest has improved drastically since then and has this year secured a silver medal from IEM Katowice 2020, fourth place at TeamLiquid StarLeague 5 and a bronze medal from Douyu Cup 2020. Another thing working in Zest’s favour is that sOs hasn’t faced any top-tier Korean StarCraft II esports players in the past two months.

The odds on Zest are not particularly high, but they are still far higher than what we expected. A fair price would sit at around -250, making this a no-brainer pick for us.

Esports multi bet tips for Wednesday, December 2

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EPIC League Division 1

Just Error enter the second stage of the EPIC League group stage with a poor 1-6 record and a 5-10 map differential, which puts them in a very rough spot approaching the playoffs. The only team Syed Sumail “SumaiL” Hassan and co. have managed to defeat thus far is Team Liquid (2-0), but since Liquid are not in a great shape either (1-4), it’s hard to be overly excited about that result.

Vikin.gg are the polar opposite. In the past three weeks, they have beaten OG, mudgolems, Team Liquid, Live to Win and even Team Secret. The only team they failed to defeat in that run was Alliance (0-2), but they did not field a complete roster in that clash, so it’s not fair to criticise them too much for it.

Even though Just Error field a very strong roster, they’re in terrible form. Viking.gg should take this one with ease.

Team Liquid have struggled so far this tournament, but we can’t agree with the esports bookmakers pricing them so high. Liquid have won at least one map in four out of five games and looked quite decent in their 2-0 win over Alliance on Sunday.

Even though Virtus.pro look stronger, they have won only two out of seven meetings with Liquid this year. While VP’s roster has changed drastically, the playstyle of the two teams has stayed mostly the same, so the balance of power should remain similar as well.

We are not confident that Liquid can win in their current form, but they should continue the trend and force a three-map series.

Team Nigma enter this week’s matches with a 3-2 record which includes losses against mudgolems and Virtus.pro but also victories against OG, Alliance and Just Error. NaVi, meanwhile, are 3-1 with one loss against OG and wins against Team Liquid, Just Error and Alliance.

Not only are Nigma notoriously inconsistent, but both sides have produced similar results, which makes it hard to predict how this game will go. NaVi might be slightly favourited, but we are not convinced they can manage a clean sweep.

BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Showdown

FURIA did not impress us with their performance against Isurus on Tuesday, even though they ended up winning the series. Virtus.pro, on the other side, played out their game against Team Spirit on Sunday the way we predicted, but that does not necessarily mean we view them as the stronger team.

Despite FURIA’s slip up against Isurus, they’re still the reigning IEM New York champions and should be equally as capable of winning this match as Virtus.pro. Since this is a complete coin-flip, we will play the odds and go for the outsiders.

Cyber.Bet Golden League

SJ Gaming and SKADE met during the Cyber.Bet Golden League group stage at the end of October when Teodor “SPELLAN” Nikolov and co. reverse-swept the Finnish squad, to which they added a 2-0 sweep last week. SKADE have put together a 4-2 run since then, whereas SJ have played only two games, losing to MBAPPEEK (1-2) and beating AGF (2-0).

Even though SJ stole one map off SKADE in October, we have to place more value on the result from their most recent match. SJ also struggled against a semi-pro team in MBAPPEEK, so we can’t trust them to keep this match close.

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