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Hard Legion ($1.82) are slight favourites for their first fixture. While they technically defeated Team Spirit ($1.92) in the European Champions Cup in late November, the match was a walkover. That result put HL into the finals, where they bested BIG 2-0 to claim the title.
After that title-winning run in European Champions Cup, Hard Legion defeated GODSENT 2-1 at United Masters League Season 2 and lost 20-22 to Hellraisers in a round-of-16 thriller at the IEM World Championship European Open Qualifiers.
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Since their forfeit against HL at the end of November, Team Spirit have beaten HAVU (2-0) and GODSENT (2-1) at SECTOR:MOSTBET to secure a spot in the grand finals. However, they fell short at the ESEA S32 Global Challenge last weekend, losing to forZe (14-16) and Riot Squad Esports (1-2) to end the tournament in fifth-sixth place.
Based on their recent results, there is not a lot to separate the two teams. That being said, Team Spirit have a slight edge because of their deeper map pool and better form ranking. It should be close, but we will side with Spirit to clinch the win.
Prediction: Team Spirit to win – $1.92 at GG Bet
Thursday, December 19 – 14:30 CET
G2 Esports ($1.42) head to the Champions Cup Finals following a solid run at cs_summit 5, where they claimed a silver medal after losing 1-2 against the surging mousesports in the grand finals. While losing to an in-form team is nothing much to worry about, what will annoy G2 is that they swept mouz 2-0 only three days earlier in the group stage.
Other than their two meetings with mouz at the cs_summit, G2 also defeated FURIA 2-0, drew with OG and MiBR, and defeated Virtus.pro twice, on the final day of the group stage (2-0) and in the semi-finals (2-1).
While G2 were making waves at cs_summit 5, BIG ($2.74) were struggling to find their form at DreamHack Open Sevilla, where they finished dead-last alongside Gambit Youngsters.
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BIG played only two fixtures in Spain and failed to impress in both. They gave up a 9-6 lead to lose in overtime to North and the copped a 0-2 sweep in their elimination match against Movistar Riders.
The last meeting between these two sides took place in mid-November at ESL Pro League S10 Europe, where G2 won 2-0. Neither roster has changed since that bout, which suggests the balance of power remains mostly the same.
BIG are in terrible shape right now and will struggle compete at this tournament. The line for this match is set at 4.5 rounds, which G2 are more than capable of covering.
Prediction: G2 Esports -4.5 rounds – $1.95 at GG Bet
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FURIA ($1.38) enter this bout as heavy favourites despite their subpar results at cs_summit 5, where they claimed an underwhelming fifth-place finish with only one win to their name. They started the tournament with a 1-1 stalemate against Virtus.pro and then a convincing 2-0 win against their compatriots MiBR, but a pair of 0-2 losses to OG and mouz saw them finish three points short of the playoffs.
TYLOO ($2.91) are no stranger to disappointing results either. Although the Chinese squad finished in the top three at both WESG 2019 Greater China and NEST Pro Series 2019, neither tournament boasted a strong field. TYLOO have won only three of their last seven fixtures, and all against much weaker teams in Rising-Stars, Keyd Stars and Big Time Regal Gaming.
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Both these teams are struggling for form. While FURIA faced stronger opponents compared to TYLOO, they are still 1-1-5 in their last seven fixtures.
When it comes to picking a winner here, this match seems like a hit or miss with both teams. While FURIA are rated higher than TYLOO, their recent form suggests they won’t have an easy time in this clash.
The handicap line is set at 4.5, which is way too high. TYLOO might not be one of the best teams out there, but their aggressive playstyle should throw FURIA off guard.
Prediction: TYLOO +4.5 rounds – $1.85 at GG Bet
Thursday, December 19 – 13:00 CET
All esports bookmakers have ENCE ($1.23) pegged as heavy favourites for their opening bout of the Champions Cup Finals. While it’s hard to praise Aleksi “allu” Jalli and his squad too much on their recent form, we have to consider the quality of the teams they have faced and the quality of the team they will face this week.
ENCE claimed a silver medal at the CS:GO Asia Championships, where they beat ViCi (2-0), mouz (2-1) and MiBR (2-1) en route to the finals. They couldn’t quite finish the job, losing 0-2 against mousesports in the decider. Those are ENCE’s only results since their appearance at IEM Beijing in early November.
There is not a lot to say about Movistar Riders ($3.86) besides the obvious, which is that they are a B-Tier team at most. The Spanish squad’s world ranking (30th) and recent results show just that.
Movistar’s most recent tournament was DreamHack Open Sevilla, where they failed to make it out of the group after losing to CR4ZY (8-16) and North (0-2). Prior to that, they claimed a second-place finish at the C-Tier Liga de Videojuegos Profesional – La Copa 2019 in early October.
There is no universe where Movistar Riders are a better team than ENCE. While this might seem like a bold statement given the unpredictable nature of best-of-one (Bo1) fixtures, we would not feel comfortable saying Movistar have a legitimate chance of winning this one. Back the Finns to win with at least six rounds to spare.
Prediction: ENCE -5.5 rounds – $1.89 at GG Bet
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