by www.grivaschess.com brings you another set of five best bets for Friday, including predictions for IEM Beijing, ESL Championnat National Winter 2020 and the Iberian Cup 2020 semi-finals.
Intel Extreme Masters XV Beijing Online: Europe
TEAM VITALITY vs TEAM SPIRIT CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | Vitality $1.32 at GG Bet | Spirit $3.19 at GG Bet |
| When: | November 6, 2020 at 15:00 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo) |
Team Vitality enter IEM Beijing straight after securing the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Regular Season title, where they defeated Complexity Gaming (2-1) and BIG (2-0 and 2-1). Team Spirit pocketed a bronze medal at IEM New York, although that feat should be taken with a grain of salt since they lost their semi-final bout with Nemiga Gaming (0-2) and picked up a forfeit win against Natus Vincere in the third-place decider.
These teams last met in September during ESL Pro League Season 12, where Vitality won 2-1. We expect the same outcome, but with a more dominant performance from the French side.
Vitality -1.5 maps
FAZE CLAN vs OG CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | FaZe $2.98 at GG Bet | OG $1.37 at GG Bet |
| When: | November 6, 2020 at 18:30 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo) |
FaZe Clan last week parted ways with their star player and in-game leader Nikola “NiKo” Kova?, who joined his cousin Nemanja “huNter-” Kova? at G2 Esports. Since NiKo’s departure, FaZe have played two games against BIG and Complexity and lost both. Even before that, FaZe showed lack of form with losses against Ninjas in Pyjamas (0-2) and GODSENT (1-2), which does not inspire much confidence ahead of their bout with the surging OG.
OG are on a four-game winning streak that includes wins against Evil Geniuses (2-1) and Natus Vincere (2-0 and 2-1). Although they lost to FaZe last month (0-3), OG should grab an easy revenge win here if they show even half of what they did against EG and NaVi.
OG -1.5 maps
Iberian Cup 2020
G2 ARCTIC vs TEAM QUESTO LoL BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| LoL Betting Odds: | Arctic $1.31 at GG Bet | Questo $3.21 at GG Bet |
| When: | November 6, 2020 at 18:00 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/lvpes) |
Unlike G2 Arctic, who claimed a silver medal from the SuperLiga Orange (SLO), Team Questo have failed to establish themselves as one of the top names in the Spanish LoL league. Although they deserve some praise for their solid run through the LVP SLO Summer regular season – which they finished in fourth place – Questo were still far below G2 Arctic, Vodafone Giants and Movistar Riders.
G2 Arctic have met with Questo twice this split and won both fixtures quite convincingly. Adding to that, Questo parted ways with their ADC Michael “Rayito” Curtet in September and replaced him with André “Afm” Martins, which seems more like a downgrade rather than anything else.
G2 Arctic -1.5 maps
ESL Championnat National Winter 2020
TEAM HERETICS vs APOLOGIS ESPORTS CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | Heretics $1.02 at GG Bet | APOLOGIS $10.77 at GG Bet |
| When: | November 6, 2020 at 18:30 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo_fr) |
As the betting odds suggest, Heretics are a far stronger team than APOLOGIS Esports, even though they lost Nabil “Nivera” Benrlitom to Team Vitality last month. That is mainly because Heretics compete at a much higher level than their compatriots and usually do well against weaker teams.
Heretics saw some success during the recent Nine to Five #5 and other B-Tier competitions, while APOLOGIS have struggled against teams of similar quality and lost badly to Heretics (2-16) in September. Expect a complete blowout.
Heretics -7.5 rounds
THE DICE vs TEAM LDLC CS:GO BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| CS:GO Betting Odds: | Dice $2.62 at GG Bet | LDLC $1.44 at GG Bet |
| When: | November 6, 2020 at 18:30 CET |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo_fr) |
The second semi-final at ESL Championnat National Winter 2020 will feature The Dice and LDLC, who met last Tuesday during the final round of the group stage. Those bouts ended with 16-10 and 16-14 in favour of The Dice, who ended the regular season in second place with 12-2 record, while LDLC had to settle for third with 9-5.
Even though LDLC are a far more established team, their form of late is rather shocking. They have won only one match in the last nine, and even that came against a semi-amateur team in Project X (16-6). Meanwhile, The Dice are on an 8-1 run, only losing to KOVA (12-16) on Tuesday.
Despite all that, the odds offered on The Dice are shockingly high, which makes our decision that much easier.
