?Fnatic have already played three games with its new CS:GO roster, but they’ve yet to impress. In their defence, they did defeat Heroic (16-14) in the first round of the Pinnacle Cup Championship group stage, but have then lost against BIG (1-2) and Heroic (0-2) in the decider. However, regardless of going 1-2 with the new Danish acquisitions, Fnatic have done well for a team that had to play with two new players and a stand-in.

We still don’t know who will fill in the gap as the fifth member of Fnatic for this match, but it really shouldn’t matter that much. Even if Fnatic add a player from the academy lineup, they will be in a good spot to defeat Into the Breach on Tuesday.

The British squad has achieved some success this year, but that was limited to lesser tournaments such as Insomnia 68 and Beyond Invitational Spring 2022. As exciting as it is to follow Owen “smooya” Butterfield’s revenge angle against his former team, Fnatic are a vastly superior team, and we expect that to show.

As the latest CS:GO betting odds suggest, Team Finest should defeat SINNERS Esports, and that’s a fair assessment. SINNERS lost their best player Adam “NEOFRAG” Zouhar to OG at the end of May, and they will struggle to recover from that.

Although still a capable roster, SINNERS are nowhere near as strong as they were, although that’s not to say that they were very good before anyway. On a more positive note, SINNERS are 5-1 across their last six outings and have done well against similar-quality teams.

Team Finest are 3-3 across their last six, but they had to face tough teams, and they even defeated Imperial (2-0) and Evil Geniuses (2-0), while their three defeats came against Imperial (12-16), Sprout (0-2), and Heroic (1-2).

Finest have shown that they can be good, although a bit inconsistent. Still, despite no guarantees Finest will play at their best, they are a more appealing pick on the map handicap market.

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?Bad News Eagles begin REPUBLEAGUE Season 3 as the fourth-ranked roster in the field, with their recent rise up the rankings from 45th in the world in mid-April to 19th as of today. Bad News Eagles have been in mainly S-Tier events and qualifiers throughout 2022, which has been the main catalyst behind their rankings rise. BNE progressed through the Challengers Stage at the PGL Major in Antwerp to then finish in 15th-16th place, securing their best result as an organisation.

Sprout had to qualify for Season 3 of the REPUBLEAGUE through the closed qualifier, where they finished in 5th-8th place to secure the last spot in the event. They are currently no.30 in the world rankings and will begin the event on a four-game win streak. Sprout are currently sitting in fourth place with a 2-0 record in the Elisa Invitational Spring event and also sit in second place in Group D in ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe. This international roster comes into the REPUBLEAGUE in great form and will be looking to keep the hot streak going in what is a very winnable opening-round match.

With both teams coming into the REPUBLEAGUE in great form and encouraging recent results, we should see a very competitive best-of-three. Over 2.5 maps is the play, paying $1.88 with GG Bet.

Entropiq begin Season 3 of the REPUBLEAGUE at no.17 in the world rankings, which marks a slight drop from their peak of no.9 back in March of this year. Due to visa issues and other travel constraints, the Russia-based team has had some trouble getting to events that involve the players being there in person. For that reason, Entropiq had to forgo their spot at IEM Dallas 2022 after they won the European closed qualifier. Entropiq have not played a competitive match of CS:GO since May 25, when they lost to K23, so they will be looking to flip the script here.

K23 were another one of the teams that had to qualify for the REPUBLEAGUE through the closed qualifier, where they finished in 5th-8th place also. The Russia-based team will start the event ranked no.36 in the world, some ways back from its peak ranking of 14th achieved back in February. K23 are 2-2 in their most recent best-of-three series, so their form does take dips, but they won’t be able to afford a slump here with the amount of talent on some of the rosters at this event.

K23 and Entropiq have had a very recent three-map series and we don’t see a whole lot different happening here. We will be taking the overs in the total maps market.

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?Apeks slipped against hellslayerz (0-2) in the opening round of REPUBLEAGUE Season 3 Closed Qualifier on Monday. Now they have to play ENTERPRISE esports, who were just as unconvincing in the first round, where they lost against ECSTATIC (1-2), and things won’t get much easier for ENTERPRISE on Tuesday when they face off against Apeks for the first time since late March.

Last time out, Apeks defeated ENTERPRISE 2-1, with 16-10 on Inferno, 19-22 on Ancient, and 16-6 on Mirage. So even though the score would suggest that ENTERPRISE were competitive, the eye test would prove otherwise.

The only reason why ENTERPRISE forced Ancient into overtime was their strong CT-Side (13-2); however, ENTERPRISE also went 2-13 on T-Side. Their performance seems solid on paper, but Erik “The eLiVe” Sith and his crew did not show anything in that match that would convince us that they’re good enough to compete with Apeks, and they have since not produced anything that would change our minds.

That’s not to say that Apeks are a perfect team or guaranteed to win; however, they look stronger and should be able to overcome ENTERPRISE with relative ease. ENTERPRISE can surprise Apeks and steal one map, but Apeks to win 2-0 at $2.37 is a far more appealing bet.

SKADE secured a well-deserved 2-1 victory against Budapest Five on Monday, with 13-16 on Nuke, 16-2 on Overpass, and 16-11 on Dust II to book a meeting with Into the Breach. The latter produced a very interesting victory against Case Esports (2-0) in the first round of the qualifiers, with 16-4 on Inferno and 22-20 on Ancient.

This will mark SKADE’s third meeting with Into the Breach since December 2021 as they look to go 3-0 up in the head-to-head. But that might be easier said than done.

Last time out, ITB came just a couple of rounds short of sweeping SKADE but lost the series (1-2) with 17-19 on Ancient, 19-17 on Vertigo, and 8-16 on Inferno. You could also say that SKADE came a couple of rounds short of sweeping the British squad. Either way, it was a very close series.

On paper, SKADE look stronger, but ITB have been playing well, and they no longer rely on Owen “smooya” Butterfield to do all the heavy lifting. We expect another close affair that can easily go the distance; hence we’re on overs at $1.90.

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