by ESB’s free Counter-Strike: Global Offensive predictions for Tuesday, September 20, focusing on the opening Group C bouts at ESL Challenger League Season 42 Europe. Here are our selections for Team Finest vs BLUEJAYS and HEET vs SINNERS Esports.
TEAM FINEST vs BLUEJAYS CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Finest $1.53 at GG Bet | BJAYS $2.37 at GG Bet |
| When: | September 20, 2022 | 19:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo) |
Team Finest last met with BLUEJAYS in June (2-1), but that was before they lost Guy “anarkez” Trachtman and replaced him with Aleksander “hades” Miskiewicz. On paper, hades does not look like a downgrade, but he has yet to impress, and Finest have been struggling since his arrival.
Since Team Finest attended the first European RMR on August 16, they’ve won just six out of 11 outings, which includes defeats against Forward Gaming, Esports Club Kyiv, ECSTATIC, EYEBALLERS, and flowstate. Even though Team Finest weren’t very good before, seeing them lose against such teams is concerning.
BLUEJAYS have won just as many games across their last 11 (6-5), and they’ve also struggled against some lesser teams in 1PIN, Monte, and Strive in Chaos. So form-wise, there isn’t much to separate them from Finest.
Team Finest field a more established lineup with a much higher ceiling, but that hasn’t earned them much success lately, so it hardly justifies their price. This should be a close match, so we’ll gladly take BLUEAYS with a +4.5 total round handicap.
BLUEJAYS +4.5 Rounds
HEET vs SINNERS ESPORTS CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | HEET $2.10 at GG Bet | SINNERS $1.66 at GG Bet |
| When: | September 20, 2022 | 19:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo) |
HEET have recently finished their ESL Pro League Season 16 journey, where they landed in last place, showing that they’re not good enough to compete at the highest level. Still, the French squad had their moments, namely on Friday, when they stole a map from Heroic (1-2) and Sunday when they achieved the same against MOUZ (1-2).
Besides their relatively decent showing at ESL Pro League, HEET also played well in the final Intel Extreme Masters Road to Rio EU RMR in August, finishing third and claiming a spot in the European RMR B.
SINNERS Esports might belong in the same category of second-tier teams, but they’ve not achieved nearly as much as the French squad this year. By failing to make it past the second round in three RMR events and finishing FiReLEAGUE 2022: Europe in fifth-eighth, SINNERS proved that they’re not a team HEET should struggle against.
HEET might not be a top-tier team that will consistently roll over lesser squads, but at $2.62 with the top esport betting sites, they’re an excellent bet on the handicap market.
