Michael Lee brings you Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports betting predictions for three games in the first round of BetBoom Playlist. Urbanistic. Today, he looks at Apeks vs HONORIS and Sprout vs GODSENT, who will meet on Monday, February 27, and a clash between forZe and HEET, who will play their series on Tuesday, February 28.
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Esports Betting Tips: Monday, February 27 & 28
Apeks vs HONORIS
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Apeks are 1.22 favourites to defeat HONORIS, not because Apeks are very good, but rather because the Polish team are struggling. They’ve won just three of their last 11 games, but all three wins came from their last four fixtures against Undefined (2-1), 00 Prospects (2-0), and Into the Breach (2-1).
HONORIS might have won a few games lately, but they’ve not won against any prominent opponents. And their bounce-back wins don’t take away from the previous seven-game losing streak. Apeks are 4-2 from their last six and 7-3 since BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Qualifier B, which they won with a perfect 3-0 record.
Their only losses since came against Dynamo Eclot, Budapest Five, and Team GamerLegion, so they’ve undeniably shown more. Yet, I don’t believe Apeks have shown enough to be priced at 1.22.
HONORIS are not playing well, but Apeks aren’t that much better, so I wouldn’t be shocked to see HONORIS win one map on Monday.
HONORIS +1.5 maps
$1.83 (1 Unit)
Sprout vs GODSENT
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According to the betting odds, GODSENT are favoured to defeat Sprout, who enter this match as 2.00 underdogs. The price makes sense if we look at how Sprout have been playing lately, with just one win across 12 fixtures. That run also includes losses against Movistar Riders (0-2), iNation (0-2), and 1win (1-2) across the last two weeks.
GODSENT haven’t won that much more, though, with a 2-5 record from their last five games, yet even those two wins came against EYEBALLERS and Undefined, which is not too exciting. Moreover, GODSENT have lost agist GamerLegion, Partizan Esports, Into the Breach, and Illuminar Gaming.
There is no good reason to believe GODSENT are stronger than Sprout, but the same can be said the other way around. This is a match between two out-of-shape teams, so I expect a scrappy series which will go to third map. I wouldn’t hold it against anyone who takes Sprout at 2.00 or better, but I prefer over 2.5 maps.
Over 2.5 maps
$1.83 (1 Unit)
ForZe vs HEET
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HEET had a strong start to BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: European RMR Open Qualifier and even reached Qualifier B, where they won their first two series against forZe and OG. But they then lost the next four games against GamerLegion, Monte, Aurora, and SAW and got eliminated from the event.
Since then, HEET appeared in RES Western European Masters: Spring 2023 - French & Benelux Qualifier, where they won against defuse and tutel, and lost against LDLC (0-2). Overall, HEET haven’t shown much, and their run at the RMR Qualifier B was particularly disappointing, but for the sake of this prediction, their loss against forZe (7-16) is the most important.
ForZe were the better team just 10 days ago, and there is little to suggest things will be any different on Tuesday. The Russians have had a couple of iffy games since, namely their defeat against JANO and iNation, but overall, forze have looked better than HEET over the last two weeks.
HEET are far from a team I would trust to deliver, and even though betting on forZe to win 2-0 sounds bold, HEET have lost 0-2 against much weaker teams not too long ago.
forZe -1.5 maps
$2.75 (1 Unit)
