by The RLCS World Championship will continue this Thursday with two Rocket League series set to be played. Below you will find ESB’s free betting picks and predictions for Karmine Corp vs Team BDS and also Team Liquid vs KRU Esports.
KARMINE CORP vs TEAM BDS RLCS BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | KC -166.67 at BetOnline | BDS +120 at BetOnline |
| When: | August 10, 2023 | 17:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/rocketleague) |
Karmine Corp and Team BDS have met 13 times at Rocket League Championship Series events, and the overall record for those matches couldn’t be much closer. BDS lead the head-to-head series count 7-6, although KC lead maps won 36-35 and goals scored 169-163.
Karmine Corp automatically qualified for the group stage, kicking off their tournament against Team Secret. KC were made to work in that match, as three of the five maps went to overtime; however, Europe’s number one team were too good for their South American rivals and took the series 4-1.
Team BDS also earned automatic qualification for the group stage, and their opening clash was against Team Falcons. That series went back and forth over six maps, trading lopsided results throughout. Ultimately, BDS packed too much firepower for Falcons and took the series 4-2.
BDS have had the wood over KC in recent time, with three of the last four meetings going their way – including the 4-3 victory at the RLCS Spring Major. Although KC have been marked as the bookies’ favourite in this series, we will be backing Team BDS to get the job done.
Team BDS to win
TEAM LIQUID vs KRU ESPORTS RLCS BETTING & MATCH DETAILS |
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| Best Odds: | Liquid -500 at BetOnline | KRU +333 at BetOnline |
| When: | August 10, 2023 | 18:00 CEST |
| Watch Live: | Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/rocketleague) |
Team Liquid scraped through their opening group stage series against Complexity after the pair traded maps through the first five. To win the series, Liquid put together the first set of back-to-back map wins, and claimed the 4-3 result.
It is easy to say that Liquid needed the game to warm into the RLCS World Championship and they were just blowing out the cobwebs, but they will need to be much better in this series if they hope to advance to the semi-finals.
After going through the wildcard stage to qualify for the group stage, KRU Esports upset their South American rivals Ninjas in Pyjamas in their opening series. That was one of the tighter series we have seen so far, with four of the seven maps going to overtime. NiP looked to have the series within their grasp, but KRU eked out a 1-0 win on the sixth map before ending the series with a dominant 3-1 win on the final map to claim the contest 4-3.
With Liquid currently marked at -500 by most of the best esports betting sites, they are way too short for our liking, so we will be playing in the total maps market.
