EYEBALLERS have already played 20 games on Counter-Strike 2, achieving mixed results. Moreover, they’ve not accomplished much in recent tournaments and crashed out of CCT Central Europe Series #8 in 9th-16th place.

ECSTATIC have played 21 games on CS2 for a very solid 71.4% win rate, but most of those wins came against weaker opponents. They have also not achieved much in recent tournaments, although they placed top four at CCT East Europe Series #3 at the end of October and reached the quarterfinals at CCT Central Europe Series #8 last week.

Those results are the only real reason to consider ECSTATIC as the better team, but there isn’t much to separate the two Scandinavian squads. At the offered Counter-Strike betting odds, we prefer over 2.5 maps.

Legacy parted ways with Lucas “Nqz” Soares on Saturday and have already found a replacement in Bruno “b4rtiN” Camara, who returned from his loan at RED Canids. The roster change shouldn’t affect Legacy too much since nqz played only eight official matches for the team. At the same time, the return of bartiN shouldn’t make Legacy any better.

Legacy found some success at the start of the month when they won CBCS 2023 Season 3. Unfortunately, the Brazilians haven’t looked as good in recent international events, which explains why they are priced as +128 underdogs with BetOnline for their clash with 9Pandas.

Ranked no.39 in the world, 9Pandas have made a name for themselves with a top-four finish at CCT Central Europe Series #8 and strong showings against other tier-two CS2 teams. Most of their recent resurgence is thanks to Daniil “d1Ledez” Kustov, who is averaging a 1.16 performance rating, and their +54% win rate on Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, and Anubis.

Besides their poor record against teams not from their region, Legacy also have a terrible map pool, with a positive win rate on just two maps in the rotation: Ancient (70%) and Overpass (53%). With Vertigo and Ancient likely vetoed, Legacy will find themselves in a tough spot for this match.

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00 Nation’s transition to an international roster seemed like a great move when Thomas “birdfromsky” Due Frederiksen and his crew won Pinnacle Cup V. However, since then, the squad has been in a downright spiral and hasn’t won or come close to winning a single event.

That includes a last-place finish at CCT Online Finals #3 and ninth-16th at CCT East Europe Series #2. Over that stretch, 00 Nation have lost against Sprout (0-2 and 1-2) and OG (1-2), so it’s not like they’ve struggled against many teams. But considering the quality of opponents 00 Nation beat during Pinnacle Cup V, it’s clear that something isn’t right.

ECSTATIC have not accomplished much over the last month either, and they have played much weaker opponents. So even though ECSTATIC don’t have a worse record, they’re still a weaker team.

At a better price, backing the outsiders to win would be a solid choice. But even though 00 Nation are in shaky form, they have a much higher ceiling than ECSTATIC.

500 enter CCT East Europe Series #3 in shaky form. The Bulgarian CS squad has not won a single notable tournament since European Development Championship Season 7 in February and have not placed higher than sixth over their last three.

However, 500 have found some traction recently and are 4-2 across their last six outings, with wins against Anonymo Esports (2-0) and BetBoom Team (16-13). It’s a small bounce back in an otherwise concerning stretch of iffy results, but winning a few games to get back on track might be what 500 need.

MOUZ NXT enjoyed a run of six consecutive wins in early October, but they’ve since managed just one victory across the next five against Turow Zgorzelec (2-0) in CCT East Europe Series #3: Closed Qualifier. Even more concerning is that MOUZ NXT have recently lost against weaker teams than 500.

Neither team is in a good spot ahead of this match, and while 500 are rightly priced as favourites with online betting sites, this should be a close game. The two squads don’t share a map pool, suggesting they should win their pick and that we’ll see all three maps played.

Team Falcons are reportedly close to forming a super team with Danny “zonic” S?rensen as the head coach. And some major changes are needed, considering the Falcons haven’t won much this season.

At the end of September, Team Falcons crashed out of CCT East Europe Series #2 in ninth-16th place, and a couple of weeks prior, they finished Thunderpick World Championship 2023: European Series #2 in 17th-24th. On a more positive note, the Falcons are 6-3 across their last nine outings, with wins against 9Pandas (twice), Turow Zgorzelec, B8, and los kogutos.

Results-wise Team Sampi are in a similar spot, but unlike Team Falcons, Erik “The eLiVe” Sith’s crew placed second at CCT East Europe Series #1 and won Tipsport Cup Prague Fall 2023: Online Stage at the start of the month. Still, Sampi are 4-9 since the start of September.

On paper, Team Falcons look stronger, but they shouldn’t be so pricey, which likely has to do with the brand recognition. At the offered betting odds, backing the underdogs offers more value.

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Bad News Eagles enter the CCT East Europe Series #2 playoffs following a semifinal run at RES Eastern European Masters Fall 2023 and a top-four finish in CCT North Europe Series #7. However, those are BNE’s only strong runs since June, so while they seem to be ramping up, they still have a lot to prove.

Los kogutos lost in-game leader Wojciech “darchevile” Kl?ba last week after finishing CCT East Europe Series #2 in sixth place with a 3-2 record. The Poles have since made the playoffs in CCT North Europe Series #8, beating 500 (2-1), Sampi (2-0), and Zero Tenacity (2-0) while playing with Konrad “EXUS” Jeńczeń as a stand-in.

Los kogutos are in good form, but they’ve only faced weaker teams. On the other side, Bad News Eagles recently won against Aurora (2-0) and Cloud9 (16-6), which suggests they have a higher ceiling, but they’ve not shown enough against lesser teams to be priced at -227.27.

Los kogutos should be good for one map, so we’ll gladly take the overs.

Looking4Org (former HEET) reached the semifinals of RES Western European Masters Fall 2023 at the start of the month, but they’ve since failed to replicate that success at Thunderpick World Championship 2023 European Series #2 (9th-16th) and CCT Online Finals #3 (7th-8th). They’re 2-4 from their last six outings, which doesn’t inspire much confidence.

BetBoom Team have not accomplished much more, but they’re in better form, with just two defeats – against SAW (0-2) and Sprout (0-2) – from their last eight games. And while most of those wins came against weaker teams, BB Team have also beaten 9INE (2-1) and Ninjas in Pyjamas (2-0) in that run.

Since the BetBoom Team squad is relatively new, it’s fair to be sceptical about how high they can fly. But based on what they’ve shown lately, BB should be able to take care of Looking4Org fairly easily.

According to the latest CS:GO betting odds, the clash between 00 Nation and Sprout should be a close one. That is largely down to the recent improvement of Sprout.

Rasmus “raalz” Steensborg and his crew are 20-7 since the start of the month and have looked good in their recent endeavours. They made the semifinals of RES Western European Masters Fall 2023 and added a gold medal from European Pro League Season 10 earlier this month.

00 Nation had an explosive start with their new international roster and won Pinnacle Cup V at the end of August. Since then, they’ve played four games and lost all but one, which was a 2-0 win over Singularity.

Sprout have only recently started posting good results, and even though 00 Nation looked incredible in August, their recent form makes it very tough to back them at the odds on offer with the top esports betting sites.

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