Another day, another round of esports betting tips coming at you! Today, we focus i non the ESL Pro League and FLASHPOINT in Counter Strike: Global Offensive. See our best bets for Thursday, the 2nd of April below.
Esports Betting Tips: CS:GO and Dota2 – Thursday, April 2nd
Virtus.pro vs OG
CS:GO ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe
Virtus.pro have yet to win a single match at the ESL Pro League and with OG as their next opponents, it's hard to imagine that will change. Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen and co. are currently one of the hottest team at the tournament and they have the results to back those claims up. Two clean 2-0 wins over TYLOO and G2, in addition to a shock reverse sweep against mousesports, are results that should not be taken lightly.
OG are entering this match priced at around $1.50, which seems about right, as there are no h2h results between these two rosters, which suggests there is a slight chance of an upset win, especially with an online format. Having said that, OG are still a class or two above Virtus.pro, who have shown essentially nothing to make us believe they can produce any serious resistance here. Bet on OG to win 2-0!
Chaos Esports Club vs FunPlus Phoenix
CA:GO FLASHPOINT League Season 1
These two teams have met once before, back in March at ESEA MDL Season 33 North America, where FPX's new roster (Bad News Bears) claimed a comfortable 16-9 win, so it’s fair to say they are holding a slight edge over Chaos. What's more, Chaos Esports Club lost their best player Owen "smooya" Butterfield earlier this week, which is a huge blow for this team, who are severely weakened ahead of Thursday's bout. Although the new FPX roster has yet to pick up a win for their organisation, they will have an excellent opportunity to do so here. Bet on FPX to edge past smooya-less Chaos EC!
ALT: Over 2.5 Maps $1.84
FunPlus Phoenix to win
$1.79
Evil Geniuses vs MiBR
CS:GO ESL Pro League Season 11 North America
Evil Geniuses and MiBR have met a total of four times throughout 2019. In their last meeting at the Asian Championship 2019 in November, MiBR produced an upset 2-0 sweep with strong performances on Vertigo (16-13) and Inferno (16-10). While a solid result from the Brazilian outfit, we would not put too much emphasis on that result, because MiBR were playing well at the time. That, however, changed since they decided to swap out Lucas "LUCAS1" Teles for Ignacio "meyern" Meyer, who is averaging barely 0.96 HLTV rating across last three months. What's more, MiBR parted ways with their head coach Wilton “zews” Prado earlier in March, which is also something to take note of.
Evil Geniuses are priced at around $1.30 to win here, which would be fair for a LAN tournament, but not for an online match. Additionally, Evil Geniuses’ form is not exactly stellar heading into this match. MiBR might not be the team to expect great things from, but they will surely fancy their chances to do some damage against the struggling Evil Geniuses. Expecting MiBR to pocket a W might be a bit far-fetched, but they still possess enough firepower to keep EG on their toes and snatch one map off them.
