This event has expired See live events here
Tip: Get $3000 with Stake using this Stake code.

Passion UA vs Illuminar Gaming Tips & Odds – European Pro League Season 19

By Tit Krajnik

17 Sep 2024

Tit Krajnik 17 Sep 2024

Share this article

Passion UA vs Illuminar Gaming Counter-Strike betting predictions for Wednesday, September 18, 2024, in the group stage of European Pro League Season 19 (10:00 CEST)
Passion UA are priced as massive favourites
Illuminar Gaming have recently made a roster change

Esports (Getty Images)

Passion UA vs Illuminar Gaming Predictions

Passion UA and Illuminar Gaming will meet in the first game of Group A at European Pro League Season 19. It'll mark their first meeting since June, when the Ukrainian squad won, and according to the current betting odds, Passion UA are expected to win again.

Passion UA vs Illuminar Gaming Predictions
Head to Head
Passion UA Form
Passion UA Squad & Team News
Illuminar Gaming Form
Illuminar Gaming Squad & Team News

Passion UA enter this match priced as 1.22 favourites with the top Counter-Strike bookmakers, who have Illuminar Gaming at 3.80. This gives the underdogs less than 27% chance of winning the series, which is a fairly low number

Passion UA are on a four-game winning streak
Illuminar Gaming are 2-3 from their last five
Passion UA won European Pro League Season 17 in July

Head to Head

Passion UA and Illuminar Gaming last met during CCT Season 2 European Series #5 in June, when Passion UA won in three maps.

Passion UA 2-1 Illuminar Gaming – June 4, 2024

Passion UA Form

Passion UA have shown a lot of good things over the last two months. While they have not won any significant Counter-Strike events, the Ukrainian squad made the semifinals of CCT Season 2 European Series #10 and won Real Game Cup 2024 this month, which is a good sign.

Moreover, Passion UA are on a four-game winning streak and are 8-4 from their last 12 outings, with losses against GamerLegion, BLEED Esports, HOTU, and ECSTATIC. However, this strong record comes with an asterisk, as Passion UA have not beaten any notable teams over that stretch besides EYEBALLERS and Gaimin Gladiators.

Passion UA Squad & Team News

No roster changes for Passion UA.

Dmytro "jambo" Semera
Nikita "jackasmo" Skyba
Eduard "zeRRoFIX" Petrovskyi
Vsevolod "s-chilla" Shchurov
Rodyon "fear" Smyk

Illuminar Gaming Form

Illuminar Gaming have not won a single tournament this year, nor have they come close to accomplishing that feat. The closest the Polish squad came to lifting a trophy was in April when they made the semifinals of a regional competition, Polska Liga Esportowa 2024: Split #1.

Things don't get much more inspiring if we look at Illuminar Gaming's form, as they are 2-9 from their last 11 series. The only two victories over that stretch came against ITB Academy and 500 Rush, which is far from impressive.

This dry streak stretches for far longer. They have won five of the last 23 fixtures, with just one notable victory against ALTERNATE aTTaX in the middle of August.

Illuminar Gaming Squad & Team News

On September 10, Illuminar Gaming signed Adrian "SpavaQ" Stojek.

Adrian “SpavaQ” Stojek
Tomasz "phr" Wójcik
Damian "Furlan" Kisłowski
Maciej "b1elany" Biliński
Adrian "kadziu" Lis

Verdict

Passion UA v Illuminar Gaming

Passion UA are far from one of the top Counter-Strike teams in the world and, by many standards, belong in the same category as Illuminar Gaming. However, while Illuminar Gaming's roster quality is up there with Passion UA, the teams are vastly different form-wise.

While this should be a winnable match for Illuminar Gaming, they have looked terrible over the last month and considering how they have failed to show any notable improvement of late, it is hard to believe they have a chance of winning on Wednesday.

Passion UA -1.5 Maps

Map Handicap

@-108.70 - 3 Units

25 SC no deposit & 250,000 GC

Get 25 Stake Cash & 250,000 Gold Coins when you sign up with code NEWBONUS at Stake.us. USA only. Excludes certain States including NY,NV,ID, KY,WA. 18+ only. Terms and Conditions apply.

Bet at Stake.com

Latest News

See all