European Development Championship Season 1

?K23 enter this match with an 8-2 record in their last 10 outings. During that stretch, Sanzhar “neaLaN” Iskhakov and co. lost only to Apeks and Wisla Krakow, and they have since defeated Copenhagen Flames (twice), ALTERNATE aTTaX, AVEZ and ENDPOINT in a five-game winning streak.

SKADE hold a 2-3 record in their last five outings, which might not look too good, but their losses came against SJ Gaming, HellRaisers and Gambit Esports, who are all arguably stronger than K23. The Bulgarians have been fairly solid across the last month, so they are worth a shot at odds.

?Saw are billed as heavy favourites against Budapest Five, which seems fair on form. Since last Thursday, the Portuguese have lost only to Virtus.pro (1-3) and had no issues when faced with Movistar Riders, Nemiga Gaming, forZe and most recently ESPADA.

Budapest Five hold a 3-3 record in December. That includes losses against ENDPOINT, MBAPPEEK and Team LDLC and wins against Illuminar Gaming, forZe and semi-pro Hungarian squad Békéscsabai E-Sport Egyesület.

Regardless of sAw’s form, we don’t believe this match will end in a 2-0 sweep. They consistently drop maps in their games, and even when they don’t, the score is usually very tight. Budapest Five to win one map and cover the line is a good bet in our book.

Huya Dota2 Winter Invitational

?These teams last met in October, when Neon Esports took the series lead but were forced into a stalemate after IO’s comeback on the second map. It marked their second meeting of the year after Neon bested IO during the ESL One Thailand 2020 Asian open qualifiers with 1-0 in a 62-minute game.

IO have only one match on their record this month, and even that was against a semi-pro team in Oceanus Gaming. Neon, on the other side, appeared in 10 official games in the past week alone, facing some of the strongest squads from the region.

Neon might not be the most consistent team out there, but they seem ready to secure a clean sweep on Friday.

?Execration are still looking to claim their first win of the tournament after narrow losses against Neon Esports and Team MagMa, but doing so on Friday will be a tall order.

Phoenix lost their opening fixture against Invictus Gaming but have since beaten team void, Team MagMa (twice), Access and Team Sirius to extend their winning streak to five.

While it would be fair to say that Execration are equal to Phoenix quality-wise, we have to side with the form team in a tight betting market.

Perfect World Dota2 League Season 3 – Division A

?After a forfeit win against Galaxy Racer and a 2-0 sweep of Ink Ice on Saturday, Dalanjing Gaming enter this match looking to claim their third victory of the tournament.

Team MagMa, on the other side, lost to Ink Ice (0-2) last Friday, but they were likely a bit fatigued since they had to play one more game that day. That theory was all but confirmed when MagMa swept Galaxy Racer in their next bout.

We are not saying Dalanjing are a bad team, but they should not be priced at such low odds against a squad that is competing in some of the toughest Chinese Dota 2 esports tournaments on the calendar. At this price, siding with MagMa is a no-brainer.

??Esports multi bet tips for Friday, December 18

LOOT.BET/CS Season 8

?GODSENT and ESPADA will clash for the first time since September, when GODSENT defeated ESPADA 2-1 during Nine to Five #4. There have been no changes in either team since then, so it would be fair to assume a similar result is on the cards.

All esports bookmakers have GODSENT priced as massive favourites on the back of some impressive wins last month. Those include triumphs against FaZe Clan (2-1), G2 Esports (2-0) and the no.1 team in the world, Heroic (2-0).

Even though ESPADA are a solid tier-two team, GODSENT are playing at a much higher level and should have no issues securing a clean 2-0 victory.

Perfect World Dota2 League – Division A

?Galaxy Racer are still without a single win (0-0-3) this tournament. However, that does not mean they’re the worst-performing team in the competition, since they only lost against For The Dream and forfeited the remaining two games due to network issues.

IO Dota2 have played only one game so far this tournament, drawing with Team MagMa. Although a fairly solid result, we are a bit concerned with IO Dota2’s lack of playtime, seeing how they have played only two official matches in the last two weeks.

Galaxy Racer and IO last met just over two weeks ago, playing out a stalemate. GRX have since drawn with BOOM Esports and defeated both Team Adroit and Motivade.Trust Gaming, which is enough for us to believe they can triumph over the ring rusty IO Dota2.

Perfect World Dota2 League – Division B

?DeMonster have had their occasional flashes of greatness, but their last 10 games (3-7) were rather lacklustre. They enter this bout on a five-game losing streak that includes losses to Ink Ice, Forest and three against LBZS.

Matador were far from perfect in their last 10 outings, but it’s hard to be overly critical of their 4-2-4 record. That run includes wins against CDEC, IO Dota2, BOOM Esports and team black.

Matador looked like the stronger team the last time they met with DeMonster and have form on their side for this bout. The value is obviously with the outsiders.

Svenska Elitserien 2020 Fall

?Greshjerna have yet to find any traction at Svenska Elitserien 2020 Fall and enter week 10 with a 5-13 record. However, they deserve some praise for their 16-13 win over Lemondogs, 16-2 against FALKN and a solid 13-16 effort against the current frontrunners, fightclub.

Despite their catastrophic 1-16 record, Tikitaka head into this bout priced as the favourites, which makes no sense. Although they field Alex “PALM1” Palm, the rest of the team is just not cutting it. Until we see some progress, any bet against Tikitakan is a good bet in our book.

?Flowskola enter week 10 of Svenska Elitserien 2020 Fall with a decent 12-5 record, but they have not looked too sharp of late. Not only did Flowskola suffer a 13-16 defeat against vinkelparty last week, but they also struggled against Tikitakan (16-14) and severely underperformed against Lemondogs (9-16) in the weeks prior.

GoBananas are 7-10 so far this tournament. While they have shown some progress, they’re still prone to dropping rounds in their games. Nevertheless, GoBananas have reached at least double digits in three out of their last five fixtures – excluding games against fightclub and High Coast Esports – which is enough for us to believe they can force the inconsistent flowskola to 27 rounds.

Perfect World Dota2 League – Division A

Team MagMa recently attended the CDA-FDC Professional Championship, where they lost their group stage matches against Royal Never Give Up (1-2), EHOME (0-2) and Elephant.4AM (0-2) to finish in last place. With those losses, MagMa have gone 4-2-4 across the last two weeks.

Galaxy Racer have put together a similar 4-3-3 record across the last 14 days. Their most notable results include a stalemate with BOOM Esports and a 2-0 sweep of Adroit this Wednesday.

MagMa last met with Galaxy Racer four days ago during the Moon Studio Mid-Autumn League, where they won 2-1. The match was very close for the most part and seemed like it could easily end in Galaxy Racer’s favour, so there is value in siding with the outsiders to avenge their loss on Friday.

DOTA Summit Online 13 Americas

Despite their relative success against Plasma1337x (2-0) and Thunder Predator (1-1), Team Brasil struggled to show up against catJAMMERS (0-2) and Infamous (0-2). Spirits Esports have looked even worse, dropping all but one of their games.

These teams have never met before, but we don’t need the head-to-head record to know which of the two is the most likely victor. Brasil might not be a top-tier team, but they have at least put together a few solid showings, whereas Spirits are without a win in their last seven games.

Team Zero and Infamous share the same 2-1-1 record in this tournament. Infamous looked decent in their win over the current frontrunners, catJAMMERS, but we should not underestimate Team Zero’s win over beastcoast or their stalemate against 4Zoomers.

What catches our attention here is the surprisingly long odds on Team Zero. While their results are far from perfect, they field a stacked roster with former Cloud9, business associates and Geek Fam players including Jacky “EternaLEnVy” Mao and Braxton “Brax” Paulson.

We might see a draw, but at $4.02, we will gladly take our chances with EternaLEnVy and his crew.

CDA-FDC Professional Championship

Out of 15 head-to-head bouts with Royal Never Give Up this year, PSG.LGD have won 10 series and 31 games (31-18). That record includes victories in each of the last four meetings, where they put together an impressive 8-2 map differential.

Although RNG and PSG.LGD usually produce close fixtures, we don’t believe that will be the case here. Not only have PSG.LGD been playing much better Dota 2 of late, but RNG also looked very shaky in the group stage with their loss to EHOME (0-2) and their narrow win over MagMa (2-1).

There is a world where RNG impress and steal one map off PSG.LGD, but they have not shown enough in this competition to suggest they can cover the map line in this one.

ESEA Season 35 Premier Division NA

Russian Canadians are 2-3 in their last five games. That record includes wins against ImPerium (22-20) and ex-Polar Ace (16-1), as well as three losses against Depth (13-16), Springroll (8-16) and Third Impact (21-25).

Rebirth Esports have shown similar form with losses to Rugratz (12-16), Mythic (14-16) and New England Whalers (7-16), and two wins against Morning Light (2-0) and ImPerium (16-11).

Picking a winner is difficult since these low-tier NA CS:GO teams usually make plenty of mistakes and drop rounds they should win. This, combined with the fact that both Russian Canadians and Rebirth played over 25 rounds in 60% out of their last five series, makes the overs on total rounds very appealing.