?Endpoint are going through quite a concerning dry streak, having failed to achieve anything across the first two months of the year. They first crashed out of the ESL Pro League Season 17 European Conference in January and have since not placed higher than top eight across three tournaments.

Last week, Endpoint attended European Development Championship Season 7, where they defeated Illuminar Gaming (2-0) but lost in the quarterfinals against Team GamerLegion (0-2), who handed them another loss on Saturday (16-8) in RES Western European Masters Spring 2023.

With a 4-8 record across their last 12 outings, Endpoint doesn’t look too sharp, which explains why they’re underdogs against 1win. The Russian squad bolstered its roster two weeks ago with the signing of Aleksey “NickelBack” Trofimov, coach Dmitriy “hooch” Bogdanov, and former Natus Vincere in-game leader Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhaylov.

Since losing first-up against Viperio (15-19) on February 16, this new-look roster has produced a seven-game winning streak. 1win are in excellent form and rightly priced as favourites with CS:GO betting sites for this affair. And even though this squad’s ceiling is questionable, 1win should make easy work of the struggling Endpoint.

?Let us cook (formerly ex-Team Finest) won their first two games of ESL Challenger League Season 44 Europe, beating EYEBALLERS (2-0) and Sangal Esports (2-1). But despite their strong run so far, they’re expected to struggle against forZe.

ForZe have been on a steady rise since the turn of the year, going from no.46 to no.28 in the global CS:GO rankings. They’ve yet to win an event this season, but forZe have claimed a bronze medal from the ESL Pro League Season 17 European Conference and have since produced three quarterfinal runs, most recently at CCT West Europe Series #1.

That looks much better than it is, considering that forZe are 4-1-8 over their last 12 fixtures and on a 0-1-4 run ahead of this bout. However, at the offered betting odds, Let us cook are severely underrated and look like great value.

(Note: some esports betting sites still have Let us cook listed as ex-Team Finest)

?Movistar Riders lost their opening tournament series against LDLC (0-2) and have since played 17, winning just seven. Over that stretch, Movistar Riders have lost against Complexity (2-0) and SAW (2-0) in ESL Pro League Season 17, but also Bad News Eagles, who beat them 2-0 two weeks ago.

Bad News Eagles are enjoying a solid start to the year, with two silver medals from CCT South Europe Series #2 and CCT Central Europe Malta Finals. Still, consistency isn’t their strongest suit, as seen in their poor showing in the Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2023 European Qualifier (0-2).

Bad News Eagles are a strong roster, but they can be hit-or-miss. So despite their dominant showing against the Spanish team the last time out, we are leaning towards Movistar Riders with a map advantage. They’ve improved over the last week and are poised to make this game hard on BNE.

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