Koh “GuMiho” Byung-jae and Gabriel Raffaele “HeRoMaRinE” Segat have yet to meet in 2024 but have clashed four times last year. The latter won the first meeting at ESL Open Cup #167 Americas and lost the remaining three series 1-2, worsening the German’s all-time head-to-head record to 3-6.

GuMiho and HeRoMaRinE have not met once since May 2023, so the head-to-head figures might not hold as much weight. Still, GuMiho is in good form ahead of this clash and is fresh off a semifinal run at ESL Open Cup #212 Korea. HeRoMaRinE’s only notable accomplishment this year was finishing top four at ESL Open Cup #209 Europe.

Even at -166.67 with the top StarCraft II betting sites, GuMiho looks a bit undervalued. As such, GuMiho to cover the map handicap is worth a look.

Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn has met with Yoon “trigger” Hong 14 times since their first clash in March 2021 and enters this match with a 10-1-3 head-to-head record. That includes two wins from 2023 at ESL Open Cup #172 Americas and HomeStory Cup XXIV at the start of December.

Form-wise, neither player has shown much ahead of Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2024. Scarlett placed 19th-22nd at WardiTV 2023 at the start of January, whereas trigger’s most recent appearance at a Premier-tier event (Master’s Coliseum 7) ended with a 15th-16th finish.

Priced at +151 with esports betting sites, trigger is expected to struggle on Thursday. He hasn’t beaten Scarlett once since November 2022 and comes up against a player with a 61.8% all-time win rate in Zerg vs Protoss matchups.

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Lee “Bunny” Jae-seon and Riccardo “Reynor” Romiti will clash on Thursday for the first time since the IEM SEason XIII Katowice European qualifiers in January 2019 when Reynor won 2-0. Even though two years have passed since then, it’s fair to expect another commanding showing from the Italian SCII pro, who is viewed as one of the best players in the world.

Bunny has had some solid showings in 2020, but he is not as good as he once was. His last Premier tournament title came in December 2017 and he has not finished above eighth in any of the high-profile events. What’s more, Bunny is 1-5 in his last six outings and has not played a single official match in two weeks.

Even though Zerg is Bunny’s best matchup (54.74% win rate), he is still an inferior player to Reynor, who holds a 64.52% win rate against Terran. This should be an easy 2-0 for Reynor.

The Latest StarCraft II esports betting odds suggest this will be a very one-sided affair, which we can’t quite agree with. Even though Lee “INnoVation” Shin Hyung has yet to lose against Gabriel Raffaele “HeRoMaRinE” Segat in his career, that hardly means anything considering these players last met in November 2019.

Esports betting sites have INnoVation priced at only $1.15, which makes no sense to us. HeRoMaRinE has beaten players of the same calibre before and holds a very high win rate in mirrored matchups (67.78%). There is a world where the German wins, but we will settle for a safer bet.

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