Esports Betting Tips \u2013 CWL Championship 2018 Day One The biggest event of the Call of Duty calendar is upon us. The CWL Championship kicks off on Wednesday August 15, with 32 teams facing off for the most prestigious trophy the game has to offer. It\u2019s the final showdown of the WWII season. We\u2019ve teamed up with Rivalry.gg to provide daily insight into the CWL Championship for prospective betters. If you\u2019re looking to complement your viewing experience by adding some stakes of your own, we\u2019ll be highlighting worthy favorites and underdogs for every day of the competition. Play It Safe Ghost Gaming TO WIN vs Zone When: Wednesday August 15, 23:30 UTC Odds: 1.26 vs 3.27 A lot of the heaviest-hitters at the CWL Championship kick off their group stage campaign with comfortable matches, so while there are plenty of clear favorites to pick from on opening day, most of them offer very little return. That Ghost Gaming and Zone both came through the Last Chance Qualifier perhaps helps to balance out the odds slightly, although Ghost are still favored quite heavily. If you\u2019re looking for a safe pick, this might be the team to back. Having missed out on both stages of the CWL Pro League, Ghost have been out of the spotlight somewhat this season. Since adding former World Champion Chris \u2018Parasite\u2019 Duarte, however, they\u2019ve put in a top-6 placement at CWL Seattle and a top-16 at CWL Anaheim, arguably making them something of a dark horse for a deep run here. Kicking off their run against Zone, a UK squad which has arguably done well to even make it to the CWL Championship, should offer a fairly safe win for Ghost. Feeling Lucky Lethal Gaming TO WIN vs Brash Esports When: Wednesday August 15, 22:00 UTC Odds: 2.05 vs 1.64 Lethal Gaming and Brash Esports occupy similar territory, albeit on opposite sides of the pond. Both teams are made up of players with limited experience at the highest level, having largely operated in the open bracket of major events this season. Both are squads of players still looking for a big break. There are no has-beens or veterans to lead the way on either side, only the most hardcore of viewers will find names in these teams they might recognize. None have a top placing at a major event under their belt on any title. Both teams made a single roster change coming into the Last Chance Qualifier, further muddying potential predictions of form, and neither had an utterly dominant performance at the event itself. Lethal came through the winner bracket with back-to-back game five wins, while Brash fought through losers, with a game five victory of their own to secure qualification. With limited evidence of form or class on either side, this match could very much go either way. As such, it makes sense to back the underdog, Lethal Gaming. Wildcard Havok Esports TO WIN vs Team Vitality When: Wednesday August 15, 20:30 UTC Odds: 2.54 vs 1.42 Thomas \u2018Tommey\u2019 Trewen has shown he can work miracles with unproven talent, and taking this squad to the CWL Championship, especially on such short notice, is arguably one of them. Half of the line-up had never competed internationally before the LCQ, and now they\u2019re stepping onto the game\u2019s biggest stage. Facing them in their first match will be a North American line-up under Havok Esports with some familiar names to anyone who watched the Infinite Warfare season, but WWII hasn\u2019t seen them appear at the highest level. They lack notable achievements recently, which makes it hard to put much faith in the Havok players, but there is at least enough evidence of quality in the past that they shouldn\u2019t be dismissed out of hand, especially against another team which largely has no major achievements to speak of. The exception is of course Tommey, and his class and veteran leadership may tip the balance in Vitality\u2019s favor, but this is still an uncertain match-up. Vitality\u2019s \u201cfavorite\u201d status, at least according to the odds, seems tenuous at best, and so Havok are a good option if you\u2019re looking for high-risk, high-reward. Earn up to $350 in bonuses with Rivalry and Dexerto and visit Rivalry.gg for more odds on Overwatch, League of Legends, Call of Duty, DotA and CSGO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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