Losing Timur “FL4MUS” Maryev to GamerLegion in May has not affected Nemiga Gaming too much. However, while they found some success with wins in RES European Series #5 and HellCup #10 earlier this summer, they have not looked great lately.

SINNERS Esports are in a similar spot. After some promising results in July and August, they have struggled to leave a lasting mark in their most recent competitive endeavours.

That said, Sebastian “beastik” Daňo and co. have a positive win rate on six of seven maps, including better than 60% on Vertigo, Mirage, and Inferno. Nemiga can only match that rate on Mirage and Anubis.

At plus money with the best esports betting sites, SINNERS are the obvious choice.

These teams last met during ESL Challenger League Season 48 Europe at the end of July, when Monte won in two maps. The Ukrainian-Polish squad are 1-4 from their last five outings, however, with losses against GamerLegion, PARIVISION, BetBoom Team, and Nemiga Gaming.

EYEBALLERS hold the same record, with defeats against Zero Tenacity, Into the Breach, ECSTATIC, and ex-Qiang. As such, it is hard to see how the top Counter-Strike bookmakers have these teams so far apart in the match betting.

EYEBALLERS parted ways with Peppe “Peppzor” Borak and Maikil “Golden” Selim at the start of the month, which could explain the longer odds. However, Jonathan “delle” Ahistedt and Sebastian “dex” Samuelsson have proved to be solid additions.

Monte deserve to be viewed as favourites, but $1.34 is very short for a team in ordinary form, so we have to take EYEBALLERS to keep it close.

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Following a solid start to the YaLLa Compass 2024 Summer Contenders Stage, when they defeated Team Sampi, Illuminar Gaming slipped against EYEBALLERS and SINNERS Esports. With two defeats, the Poles are in real danger of failing to reach the main draw.

Dynamo Eclot also won their first match of the tournament, against 1win, but lost the next two against Into the Breach and Passion UA. However, unlike Illuminar, the favourites are not winless in their last seven outings and have not looked shaky against weaker opponents over the last week.

Both sides have been struggling lately, and even though Illuminar Gaming have a worse record heading into this series, Dynamo Eclot are at a very similar level quality-wise. Expect a scrappy affair.

SINNERS Esports and EYEBALLERS will face off for the first time since June, when EYEBALLERS won 2-1. Both teams have made roster changes since then, so past head-to-head results do not hold much weight.

EYEBALLERS have lost six matches in a row, most recently going down 11-13 to Dynamo Eclot in an IEM Rio qualifier. On the other side, SINNERS Esports are 6-4 from their last 10 outings, and that form is reflected in the offered betting odds.

EYEBALLERS produced some solid results before the recent dry streak, and they boast similar quality to SINNERS. At $1.51 with top Counter-Strike betting sites, it is hard to look past the outsiders to take a map.

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Following a shock reverse-sweep loss against PARIVISION, SINNERS Esports will look to bounce back when they face a new-look Illuminar Gaming outfit that acquired Adrian “kadziu” Lis and Kuba “Marko?” Markowski from Turów Zgorzelec Esport last month.

The new signings featured at United21 Season 18, where they placed fifth-sixth after a 0-2 loss to TSM. It marked Illuminar’s fifth defeat over a six-game stretch, which includes a 1-2 slip-up against EYEBALLERS in the previous round of YaLLa Compass Summer 2024.

On paper, SINNERS look stronger in terms of individual quality; however, they have a worse map-win rate on Dust II, Nuke, Vertiugo, and Anubis, while they are better on Mirage, Inferno, and Ancient. Expect this series to be decided on the third map.

Team Sampi are 2-3 since the turn of the month, with victories against Alliance and DASH. 9INE have managed just three wins in their last 10 outings, two of which came against Into the Breach.

Form-wise, Team Sampi seem to be in a better spot than 9INE, yet they are priced as underdogs with the top Counter-Strike betting sites. This mostly has to do with the fact that 9INE have shown much higher highs this season, but there is another thing to consider.

9INE have been playing stronger opposition than Team Sampi, so their respective records are a bit skewed, while the Swedish organisation won this matchup 2-0 at the end of July. 9INE are not playing as well as earlier this season, but there is a good chance they will come away with another clean sweep.

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Aurora Gaming won against Sangal Esports (2-0) in the opening round of Group B and is expected to do well against SINNERS Esports, even though the Czech squad looked just as good in the first round when they swept Sprout. Still, Aurora already won against SINNERS (2-1) during CCT Online Finals #2, which might explain the offered CS2 betting odds.

Aurora Gaming is in solid form ahead of this match, with six wins from their last eight outings. SINNERS Esports have managed five wins over the same stretch, albeit against weaker opponents, so there is reason to believe that Aurora Gaming are the most likely victors.

Even though Aurora has shown more over the last couple of weeks, having them priced as $1.50 favourites for this match is a bit too short, especially considering how volatile games on CS2 can get. At the offered betting odds, over 2.5 maps at $1.83 is a far more appealing bet.

9INE were one of the most exciting teams just three months ago when they left a huge mark at Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 with close games against ENCE and Cloud9. However, since then, the Poles haven’t shown much.

Besides winning the RES Western European Masters: Fall 2023 in September. 9INE have struggled to produce any notable results and are 1-6 across their last seven outings. That includes a narrow 2-1 victory against IKLA in the first round of ESL Challenger League Season 46: Europe.

ORKS have not produced much recently and don’t look like a serious threat to 9INE. They’re 0-1 ahead of this match because they had to forfeit their match against 1Win due to not being able to field a complete lineup. The issue has been resolved, it seems; however, poor form combined with roster instability doesn’t make them a very exciting bet.

Even though regional derbies like this usually result in closer games, 9INE is objectively better and should win without any issues.

Team Spirit picked up an easy win in the opening round of Group C against RUBIK, whom they beat 13-3 on Nuke and 13-4 on Mirage. But as impressive as that win is, RUBIK are not a good team, so it doesn’t mean much.

Their next opponents, Pompa Team, started their ESL Challenger League Season 46: Europe campaign with a 0-2 loss against SAW; however, they held on well. Despite facing a much stronger opponent, Pompa Team forced SAW to overtime on Ancient (13-16) and Vertigo (15-19) and came very close to winning both maps.

On paper, Team Spirit are much better, but Pompa Team is stronger than their recent record would suggest. They still deserve to be underdogs in this match, but not at $6.50. We like the underdogs with a map advantage.

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Team Finest last met with BLUEJAYS in June (2-1), but that was before they lost Guy “anarkez” Trachtman and replaced him with Aleksander “hades” Miskiewicz. On paper, hades does not look like a downgrade, but he has yet to impress, and Finest have been struggling since his arrival.

Since Team Finest attended the first European RMR on August 16, they’ve won just six out of 11 outings, which includes defeats against Forward Gaming, Esports Club Kyiv, ECSTATIC, EYEBALLERS, and flowstate. Even though Team Finest weren’t very good before, seeing them lose against such teams is concerning.

BLUEJAYS have won just as many games across their last 11 (6-5), and they’ve also struggled against some lesser teams in 1PIN, Monte, and Strive in Chaos. So form-wise, there isn’t much to separate them from Finest.

Team Finest field a more established lineup with a much higher ceiling, but that hasn’t earned them much success lately, so it hardly justifies their price. This should be a close match, so we’ll gladly take BLUEAYS with a +4.5 total round handicap.

HEET have recently finished their ESL Pro League Season 16 journey, where they landed in last place, showing that they’re not good enough to compete at the highest level. Still, the French squad had their moments, namely on Friday, when they stole a map from Heroic (1-2) and Sunday when they achieved the same against MOUZ (1-2).

Besides their relatively decent showing at ESL Pro League, HEET also played well in the final Intel Extreme Masters Road to Rio EU RMR in August, finishing third and claiming a spot in the European RMR B.

SINNERS Esports might belong in the same category of second-tier teams, but they’ve not achieved nearly as much as the French squad this year. By failing to make it past the second round in three RMR events and finishing FiReLEAGUE 2022: Europe in fifth-eighth, SINNERS proved that they’re not a team HEET should struggle against.

HEET might not be a top-tier team that will consistently roll over lesser squads, but at $2.62 with the top esport betting sites, they’re an excellent bet on the handicap market.

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ENTERPRISE esports won Group A of Tipsport Cup Prague 2022 with wins against Entropiq Prague (16-4) and Bad News Eagles (2-1), which might explain why they’re favourites to win this bout. Still, ENTERPRISE haven’t been playing that well of late, winning just one official match since beating BNE at the start of the month.

Notably, they’ve lost against SC e-Sports (11-16) and X (8-16), while their only victory came on Tuesday when ENTERPRISE beat another third-division team in Turow Zgorzelec Esport (16-10). So form-wise, ENTERPRISE are not in a very good spot.

Contrary to ENTERPRISE who have played just nine games (4-2-3) since the turn of the month, Dynamo Eclot have 24 games to their name with 15 wins (15-1-8), including their last three against Sangal Esports (16-9), Partizan Esports (16-4), and 9INE (2-0).

ENTERPRISE esports have won both head-to-head meetings this season, in April and June, but Dynamo Eclot have been playing better of late and are an easy choice at evens or better.

Since forming their esports organisation, Bad News Eagles haven’t achieved much success, but the Kosovar squad have still done enough to earn our respect. With an 8-2 record from their last ten outings, Bad News Eagles are not only in solid form, but they also already beat SINNERS Esports (2-0) in July.

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