Esports day-by-day: The action comes thick and fast

bet365 News Team Updated: 20 Mar 23 08:51 Published: 20 Mar 23 08:13

The ESL Pro League Season 17 playoffs begin this week, along with the Spring Splits of League of Legends, while there is also plenty of action to come in VALORANT.

Monday

The LPL has plenty of big matches at the start of the week as Ninjas in Pyjamas take on Royal Never Give Up at LPL 2023 Spring. The Ninjas will have some work to do as they are all but eliminated from Playoff contention. RNG look to be the best choice at 8/11 odds to cover a -1.5 spread.

The second big match in LPL is between JD Gaming and LGD Gaming. JD Gaming will try to avoid an upset by the less than stellar LGD Gaming who have struggled throughout the Spring split. JD Gaming at 4/11 to take down LGD at 2/1.

Tuesday

LPL action continues on Tuesday with matches between OMG and Top Esports and Team WE against Weibo Gaming.

Those aren't the biggest matches of Tuesday's Esports action though as the ESL Pro League begins its playoffs.

Natus Vincere take on 00NATION to begin the playoff stage of the ESL Pro League Season 17. That is the first of three matches on Tuesday with FURIA taking on Fnatic and paiN Gaming battling Liquid in the final match of the day.

Natus, who have been a yearly contender in the ESL Pro League, look like a smart choice against 00NATION as they are 4/9 to cover the spread, while 00NATION are 13/8.

Liquid will have some ground to make up at 1/1 to cover against paiN Gaming who sit at 8/11 to cover. G2 Esports (-1.5) will try to outlast Movistar Riders (+1.5).

Wednesday

The winners from Tuesday's action at ESL Pro League Season 17 will advance to round two of the playoffs with plenty of talented teams waiting in the wings. Those teams include Outsiders, FaZe Clan, MOUZ and ENCE. FaZe Clan have some work to do as they will see either FURIA or Fnatic in their next match.

Things don't look easy for many of the teams in this second round of the playoffs, as four teams await them on the third day of the playoffs. Time will tell which teams will advance from this group of teams.

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Thursday

The first two quarterfinal matches in ESL Pro League are scheduled for Thursday with Heroic and FORZE having already qualified.

Thursday also sees some action in League of Legends Spring Splits with a match between FlyQuest and 100 Thieves in the LCS.

Friday

The final day of quarterfinal matches in ESL Pro League Season 17 has two matches on the slate. With most of the matches to determine the participants happening early in the week, there are two teams already set for Friday's matches - Cloud9 and Team Vitality.

The LCS also has a match on the slate for Friday with a match-up between Cloud9 and CLG. Both teams will be trying to reach the second round of the Spring playoffs in LCS.

Saturday

VCT Pacific begins on Saturday in VALORANT with two matches on the schedule, the first of which sees ZETA Division facing off with DRX.

The second match of the day is a face off between T1 and Global Esports. Both teams will try to prove they are the better team. T1 are 8/11 to win outright, while Global Esports are 1/1.

Those aren't the only big matches on Saturday, as the ESL Pro League Season 17 playoffs will move one day closer to the Championship Grand Final as the two semifinal matches will be played.