The Call of Duty League continues this weekend as it’s the Chicago Huntsmen’s turn to host their home series, albeit online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are almost half-way through the Call of Duty League now, with just eight events to go, the battle for points is starting to heat up.
See our full preview and betting tips for the Week 6 action in the Call of Duty League, which gets underway at 6am on Saturday morning (AEST).
Call of Duty Week 6 (Chicago) Betting Tips
It was the Florida Mutineers who took out the Dallas home series a few weeks ago, making it four different winners in the first four home series of the year. Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas and Florida have now all won one tournament each and the standings reflect that, with the top five teams in the standings separated by just 20 points.
The Huntsmen sit atop the league with 110 points through four tournaments and they’ll be back in action this weekend, closely following them on 100 points is the Minnesota ROKKR, who are yet to win a tournament, the Dallas Empire and the Florida Mutineers.
The Atlanta FaZe are in arguably the strongest position, sitting in fifth place with 90 points but having played one event less than the four teams above them.
Outright Prediction
Even though the Mutineers won the last event, it’s probably safe to say that the best three teams in the Call of Duty League are playing in this event in the Huntsmen, FaZe and Empire. They have won three of the four events so far and combined, they have a 27-9 win/loss record.
It will be interesting to see FaZe back in action after missing the last event, with this weekend set to be their first tournament since the league moved to online play only. Online play is definitely different to LAN play, and it might take them some time to adjust. They start as $2.27 favourites to take out the event this week, but we are staying away from them and opting for a team that has proven to be arguably the best online team in the league this season, the Dallas Empire.
The Empire have won one tournament and will be looking for a second this weekend. They reached the semi-finals of their home home series a few weeks ago before they were bounced by Minnesota but have been scrimming hard over the last two weeks and we think they represent fantastic value at $3.67.
Dallas Empire to win
$3.67
Round 1 Matchups
London Royal Ravens ($4.60) vs Atlanta FaZe ($1.14)
Seattle Surge ($1.66) vs Los Angeles Guerillas ($2.01)
Dallas Empire ($1.47) vs Optic Gaming LA ($2.37)
Chicago Huntsmen ($1.27) vs New York Subliners ($3.20)
