Another day, another round of esports betting tips coming at you! Today, we focus in on the LOOT.BET Season 6 in Counter Strike: Global Offensive and the ESL One Los Angeles in DOTA2. See our best bets for Thursday, the 16h of April below.
Esports Betting Tips: CS:GO and Dota2 – Thursday, April 16th
Winstrike vs SKADE
CS:GO LOOT.BET Season 6
Winstrike and SKADE will meet in the round three at the LOOT.BET Season 6, where they will look to extend their perfect 2-0 records. Looking back, Winstrike won against Team Secret and Espada, while SKADE picked up wins against Nemiga and Endpoint.
Although Winstrike and SKADE share the same 2-0 record, it's worth noting that SKADE played significantly stronger opponents, so perhaps it's safe to value their record slightly higher. Having said that, Winstrike are still priced as the favourites, which is a questionable assessment from bookmakers and is probably based on their brand alone. While it's true their core trio of Aleksey "El1an" Gusev, Vladyslav "bondik" Nechyporchuk and Abay "Hobbit" Khasenov look to be in form, we would not underestimate the Bulgarian side, who looked very solid in their recent showings.
Adding to their strong form, both teams also have big map pools and with Vertigo and Inferno map bans this match should be way open. Bet on Over 2.50 maps.
Total Over 2.5 Maps
$1.83
Chicken Fighters vs Alliance
ESL One Los Angeles 2020 Dota2 Online: Europe & CIS
Chicken Fighters and Alliance will clash on the final day of ESL One Los Angeles 2020 Dota2 Online: Europe & CIS group stage, where Chicken Fighters will be chasing a top-two seed, while Alliance will be hoping they can pick up their fourth win of the tournament and secure themselves a playoffs berth.
Due to the importance of this match, we can expect both sides to show their full might, which suggests we might be in for a close and exciting fixture between two teams who had a fairly solid showing in their recent matches. Chicken Fighters took Team Secret to three maps (1-2) and defeated both Team Liquid (2-1) and Team Unique (2-1), while Alliance picked up a 2-1 win over Unique, stomped Natus Vincere (2-0) and most recently lost to Team Secret (0-2).
It's hard to separate these two teams, but looking solely at the recent showings, Chicken Fighters look slightly stronger. They put up far more resistance against Team Secret and are on a two-game winning streak. For that reason, siding with Chicken Fighters here seems like the best bet to take. Having said that, Alliance are not as bad as they led us to believe, which is why we expect them to win at least one map.
Chicken Fighters to win - $1.91
Total Over 2.5 Maps
$1.93
Team Spirit vs Ninjas in Pyjamas
ESL One Los Angeles 2020 Dota2 Online: Europe & CIS
Team Spirit are getting ready for the final match of the group stage against Ninjas in Pyjamas, in what will be a crucial match to win for the CIS squad, who will look to secure a direct bye into the upper bracket of ESL One LA playoffs.
Ninjas in Pyjamas are entering this bout priced as favourites, despite looking very shaky throughout the tournament. Although they did completely demolish Team Liquid on Wednesday (2-0), we can't forget NiP lost to Team Unique (1-2) on Monday and struggled to sho anything against Team Secret in round two (0-2). Team Spirit, on the other side, took one map off Team Secret on Monday (1-2) and just recently stomped Natus Vincere (2-0), which suggests they're entering this bout with high morale.
The last time Spirit and NiP met was at WePlay! Bukovel Minor 2020 in January where Spirit secured a comfortable 2-0 win and while a lot has changed since Spirit still look to hold an edge in this h2h meeting. There is no reason to have Spirit priced as the underdogs, especially after their solid performance against Secret. It might not be a straight-forward win, but based on what we have seen in recent fixtures, Spirit should edge out a win. A 2-1 win for Spirit seems like the most likely outcome, which offers us two solid betting picks.
Spirit to win 2-1 - $3.45
