by ESB’s free Counter-Strike: Global Offensive betting predictions for Friday, September 2, focus on three ESL Challenger bouts at DreamHack Melbourne 2022. Here are our picks for OG vs Wings Up Gaming, Entorpiq vs Evil Geniuses, and Imperial Esports vs VERTEX ESC, with top esports betting odds courtesy of BetOnline.
OG vs WINGS UP ESPORTS CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | OG -2000 at BetOnline | Wings Up +750 at BetOnline |
| When: | September 2, 2022 | 10:30 AEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/ESL_CSGO) |
?OG are clear favourites (+100) to win ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2022, and barring any surprises, the international squad should at least reach the final. Wings Up Gaming, on the other side, are priced as high as +5000 on the outright esports betting markets, and those figures alone should be a good indication of how this bout should play out.
We don’t know much about Wings Up Esports, who have only been competing in regional tournaments and various qualifying events. Just a couple of days ago, Wings Up also attended the Chinese IEM Road to Rio RMR, where they finished in third place after losing two series against the eventual winners, Rare Atom (1-2, 0-2).
It was a solid showing from Wings Up Esports, who have proven to be one of China’s top CS:GO teams. But that hardly means much knowing that they’re about to clash with the current no.8 team in the world, who recently beat Complexity (2-0), FaZe Clan (2-1), and Astralis (2-0).
It might not be a 16-0 sweep, but OG shouldn’t lose more than a couple of rounds against a vastly inferior team.
OG -7.5 rounds
ENTROPIQ vs EVIL GENIUSES CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Entropiq -625 at BetOnline | EG +350 at BetOnline |
| When: | September 2, 2022 | 12:10 AEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/ESL_CSGO) |
Entropiq are not nearly as strong as they were at the start of the year when they peaked at no.9 in the global CS:GO standings, but they’re still one of the top 35 teams in the world. Evil Geniuses are a similar story, as a squad that has fallen from grace this year, but their fall was far greater.
Still, despite all the issues Evil Geniuses have had to deal with in 2022, the North American esports organisation is doing everything it can to bounce back, and the recent roster moves just might help. Since the start of August, Evil Geniuses have signed Sanjar “neaLaN” ?shakov, added a new coach in Daniel “Vorborg” Vorborg, and promoted Jadan “HexT” Postma to the main lineup.
Since the roster moves, Evil Geniuses have attended just one event (BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2022) but haven’t achieved much, losing against FaZe Clan (8-16), BIG (6-16), and Ninjas in Pyjamas (1-2). Although we should give the new-look lineup a bit more time to see what they’re capable of, EG’s current situation looks very bleak.
Entropiq might not be an elite-tier team, but you don’t have to be that to defeat the shaky Evil Geniuses.
Entropiq -5.5 rounds
IMPERIAL ESPORTS vs VERTEX ESC CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Imperial -909.09 at BetOnline | VERTEX +500 at BetOnline |
| When: | September 2, 2022 | 13:50 AEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/ESL_CSGO) |
Imperial Esports are rightly priced as heavy favourites to defeat VERTEX ESC, but we’re not as high on the Brazilian squad as the market. With all due respect, Imperial have not achieved anything since their honeymoon phase at the start of the year and were particularly disappointing at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne in July, when they placed 17th-20th.
Imperial have since made a couple of roster changes by promoting Lincoln “fnx” Lau to the head coach position and signing Marcelo “chelo” Cespedes. But, unfortunately, we don’t see how those changes help Imperial Esports improve.
VERTEX ESC are arguably the weakest team at the tournament, but they have been active in August, unlike Imperial, who played their last match at the start of July. Lack of games, combined with the fact that Imperial are one of the most overhyped teams in the CS:GO scene, makes VERTEX ESC an excellent outsider pick for this bout.
