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MIBR vs Eternal Fire Tips & Predictions – ESL Pro League Season 20

By Tit Krajnik

20 Sep 2024

Tit Krajnik 20 Sep 2024

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MIBR vs Eternal Fire Counter-Strike betting picks for Saturday, September 21, 2024, in the ESL Pro League Season 20 semifinals (16:15)
Eternal Fire are priced as favourites
Both teams have made it much further than expected

Counter-Strike (Getty Images)

MIBR vs Eternal Fire Predictions

MIBR and Eternal Fire secured their spot in the ESL Pro League Season 20 semifinals on Saturday, September 21, when the two teams will clash for a ticket in the big finals. According to the latest esports betting odds, however, Eternal Fire are more likely to accomplish that feat.

MIBR vs Eternal Fire Predictions
Head to Head
MIBR Form
MIBR Squad &Team News
Eternal Fire Form
Eternal Fire Squad & Team News

MIBR are priced as 2.60 underdogs with the top Counter-Strike bookmakers to defeat Eternal Fire, who are 1.48 favourites. At this number, the Turkish squad are given a 67.6% implied probability of winning the series, which is a massive number, mainly inflated by their success against Vitality.

Eternal Fire eliminated Vitality in the quarterfinals
MIBR have lost just one series this tournament
MIBR (#22) are lower ranked than Eternal Fire (#10)

Head to Head

This will mark the first meeting between Eternal Fire and MIBR of the year.

MIBR Form

MIBR have outdone themselves in Malta. Expected to crash out of the tournament in the group stage, MIBR not only placed second in their group but then fought their way to the semifinals with victories against HEROIC (2-1) and M80 (2-0).

Admittedly, MIBR avoided most of the top Counter-Strike esports teams on their path so far and have faced just one elite squad – G2 Esports – who bested them 2-0. Nevertheless, the Brazilians looked great in all of their wins, especially in their most recent against M80.

For this match there are some concerns though, namely the fact that MIBR have yet to defeat a very strong team. On the other side, Eternal Fire are fresh off a massive victory against Vitality, which plays into the current price on both teams.

MIBR Squad &Team News

MIBR have not announced any recent roster changes.

Raphael "exit" Lacerda
Breno "brnz4n" Poletto
Felipe "insani" Yuji
André "drop" Abreu
Rafael "saffee" Costa

Eternal Fire Form

Eternal Fire, like MIBR have reached far further into ESL Pro League Season 20 as initially expected. They placed second in Group A with victories against FlyQuest, Sangal Esports, and a loss against Natus Vincere.

But despite slipping against NaVi, Eternal Fire more than made up for it with their performances in the playoffs. They had to dig deep to make it past The MongolZ (2-1), but the EF bested Team Vitality (2-1) in a spectacular fashion, edging out the current no.1 Counter-Strike team in overtime (22-20) on Inferno.

A display like that proves EF can, on a good day, defeat anyone. Yet is it enough to earn Eternal Fire a tag as 1.48 favourites for their upcoming affair?

Eternal Fire Squad & Team News

Eternal Fire have not made any roster changes ahead of this match.

İsmailсan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş
Buğra "Calyx" Arkın
Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli
Ali "Wicadia" Haydar Yalçın
Özgür "woxic" Eker

Verdict

MIBR v Eternal Fire

Eternal Fire proved their worth by eliminating Team Vitality in the previous round, yet looking at their performances prior to that series, EF have not produced much more than MIBR. Even though beating Vitality is no small feat, the market seems to have overreacted to it, giving Eternal Fire a bit too much credit.

Eternal Fire have a better map win rate on four of seven maps but are less effective on Nuke and Anubis by quite a bit margin. So, while Eternal Fire deserve some respect, MIBR looks like they should be able to do some damage on Saturday.

Over 2.5 Maps

Over/Under

@-111.11 - 3 Units

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