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Carolina Royal Ravens vs Los Angeles Thieves Tips & Odds – CDL 2025 Stage 1 Major

tit-krajnik
29 Jan 2025
Tit Krajnik 29 Jan 2025
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  • Carolina Royal Ravens vs Los Angeles Thieves Call of Duty betting picks for Thursday, January 30, 2025, in the upper of CDL 2025 Stage 1 Major (19:00 CET)
  • Both teams are struggling
  • Royal Ravens should not be priced as such massive underdogs
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Carolina Royal Ravens vs Los Angeles Thieves Predictions


Carolina Royal Ravens and Los Angeles Thieves will face off on Thursday, January 30, in the upper bracket quarterfinals of Call of Duty League (CDL) 2025 Stage 1 Major. It'll mark their first meeting of the season and an important match for both squads, as they've shown shaky form of late.
  • Carolina Royal Ravens vs Los Angeles Thieves Predictions
  • Head to Head
  • Carolina Royal Ravens Form
  • Carolina Royal Ravens Squad & Team News
  • Los Angeles Thieves Form
  • Los Angeles Thieves Squad & Team News

Los Angeles Thieves looked potent early into the season, but of late, their weaknesses became more evident, as they went 1-3 from their last four, while posting questionable stats. Most notably, LA Thieves' Search & Destroy is very rough, although it is not like their respawns are much better.

Carolina Royal Ravens, like LA Thieves, have not been playing great lately, but their struggles are far less apparent. While not significantly better than the Thieves, Carolina Royal Ravens are also not significantly stronger.

  • LA Thieves have been struggling a lot lately
  • Carolina Royal Ravens have also looked a bit rough in the final week of the qualifiers
  • Closer to a coin-flip than what the betting odds suggest

Head to Head


This will be the first match between the Los Angeles Thieves and Carolina Royal Ravens of 2025.

Carolina Royal Ravens Form


Carolina Royal Ravens have slowed down a bit lately. They started the season with six straight games but then dropped three of the most recent four – against FaZe, Boston Breach, and Vancouver Surge – before picking up a 3-2 victory against Miami Heretics.

The Royal Ravens are still a bit rough around the edges, and their Search & Destroy did not look very clean this week. However, the Royal Ravens are still 61.5% on the game mode and they do well on Valult, Hacienda, and Protocol, although better on the former two.

Even though the Carolina Royal Ravens still need to improve in some areas and find a bit more stability, they are in a fine spot and should feel confident in their chances to upset the shaky Thieves. 

Carolina Royal Ravens Squad & Team News


Carolina Royal Ravens have made no roster changes.

  • Isaiah "Gwinn" Gwinn
  • Austin "SlasheR" Liddicoat
  • Thomas "TJHaLy" Haly
  • Reece "Vivid" Drost

Los Angeles Thieves Form


Los Angeles Thieves started the season strong, with four back-to-back victories against Cloud9 New York, Atlanta FaZe, LA Guerrillas M8, and Minnesota RØKKR. Since then, the Thieves have cooled down and have managed just one win from four games played.

In the final week of CDL 2025 Stage 1 Major Qualifiers, Los Angeles Thieves played two game-fives; they won one against Miami Heretics (3-2) and lost to Boston Breach (2-3).

As it is evident, the chemistry in this team is not quite there and despite the Thieves' strong start to the year, they are flawed, both on respawns and Search & Destroy.

Their Search & Destroy, in particular, is bad. Even though the Thieves are 5-5 on S&D, their stats are questionable, with a 46% first-blood rate and 40% on offence. Those are not numbers you would expect from this roster and a clear sign that something is not clicking.

Los Angeles Thieves Squad & Team News


No roster changes for Los Angeles Thieves.

  • Dylan "Envoy" Hannon
  • Daniel "Ghosty" Rothe
  • Paco "HyDra" Rusiewiez
  • Thomas "Scrappy" Ernst

Verdict

Los Angeles Thieves are expected to defeat Carolina Royal Ravens on Thursday, but there are way too many question marks above this team to make a good case for them as the most likely victors.

The Thieves are 41.7% on Search & Destroy and 50% on Hardpoint, with a very shallow map pool. Their Control is solid, with a 75% win rate, but even there, the Thieves have shown some signs of struggle lately.

Carolina Royal Ravens are not without flaws either, but that is no reason to have them priced at 3.40 for this match.

With a better map win rate on Hardpoint and Search & Destroy, Carolina Royal Ravens should be able to compete with the Thieves. And while there is no telling how the teams will do on LAN, I'm ready to pay to see Thieves slip once more.

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