Only one group remains in ESL Pro League Season 16. Group D kicks off on October 21. It looks like Team Liquid is the favourite of the group with many notable teams competing.
Today we will take a look at the schedule, betting odds of Group D and the teams that will take part.
Teams in ESL Pro League Season 16’s Group D
- Cloud9
- Movistar Riders
- Team Liquid
- FURIA Esports
- Evil Geniuses
- Eternal Fire
Let's start with Cloud9 first. Cloud9 has been continuing with the same roster for a long time and sharing great camaraderie. When we look at their performance, they took first place with a great performance at IEM Dallas 2022. I predict they will be third in Group D of ESL Pro League Season 16. I think their biggest rival will be FURIA Esports. If they want to advance to the playoffs, they must outperform FURIA Esports.
Movistar Riders put on a pretty upbeat performance recently. They took first place at ESL Challenger at DreamHack Valencia 2022 and advanced to the semifinals at IEM Cologne 2022. SunPayus has left Movistar Riders to join ENCE's roster, while Martinez becomes the new part of Movistar Riders' roster. As one of the leading teams of recent times, I think they will continue their performance with the new addition. I think they will finish second in the group.
We continue with Team Liquid. I think they are the favourite of the group and don't believe they will easily lose first place to another team. The last tournament they participated in was BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2022 and they successfully completed it and qualified for the Fall Finals 2022.
FURIA Esports will probably do well but it won't be enough for the playoffs and I think they will finish fourth. Their biggest rivals on the way to the playoffs seem to be Cloud9. They need to win against Cloud9. We should also take into account that they made it to the semifinals in the latest ESL Pro League. In short, they are a team that loves the ESL Pro League.
Evil Geniuses will compete with a new member on their roster, neaLaN, in ESL Pro League Season 16. Evil Geniuses is certainly not close to its former glory. If you're asking if they have the power to fix this, I don't think so. Even though they've changed a player in their roster, I don't think they'll be able to make it to the playoffs and will probably finish in last place.
This time we see a Turkish representative in the ESL Pro League. Frankly, they're not performing badly, but that's probably not going to be enough for the playoff stage. I think Eternal Fire will finish Group D in fifth place.
Who do you think is the favourite of Group D? According to many CS:GO fans, Cloud9 is one of the favourites, but I beg to differ. What do you think? You can watch the matches of your favorite team on Luckbox and place bets on them. Sign up now, enjoy a 100% deposit bonus.
ESL Pro League Season 16 Group D matches
September 21
- Cloud9 - Evil Geniuses (12:30 CEST)
- Eternal Fire - FURIA Esports (16:00 CEST)
- Team Liquid - Movistar Riders (19:30 CEST)
September 22
- Cloud9 - Eternal Fire (12:30 CEST)
- Movistar Riders - FURIA Esports (16:00 CEST)
- Team Liquid - Evil Geniuses (16:00 CEST)
September 23
- Cloud9 - Movistar Riders (12:30 CEST)
- Eternal Fire - Evil Geniuses (16:00 CEST)
- Team Liquid - FURIA Esports (19:30 CEST)
September 24
- Movistar Riders - Evil Geniuses (12:30 CEST)
- Team Liquid - Eternal Fire (16:00 CEST)
- Cloud9 - FURIA Esports (19:30 CEST)
September 25
- Cloud9 - Team Liquid (19:30 CEST)
- Movistar Riders - Eternal Fire (19:30 CEST)
- FURIA Esports - Evil Geniuses (19:30 CEST)
After the conclusion of Group D on September 25, the playoff stage will begin on September 27. Then we will watch great matches every day until the grand final, which will be played on October 2.
Only one group remains before the playoffs in ESL Pro League Season 16. Don't forget to follow this excitement in Luckbox as the excitement slowly climbs to the top.
