fnatic vs. Heroic, Preview & Prediction - Free 8/25 CS:GO Betting Picks

fnatic and Heroic will meet in the Group B lower bracket semi-final Bo3 at the CSL One Cologne Europa (Online) tournament. This will be their fourth encounter; Heroic leads 2-1. Two of the eight maps went into overtime, and two matches were played on three maps. The winner of this match is waiting for the better one from the duel Vitality vs. FaZe in the lower bracket final.

For fnatic this is the first tournament after cs_summit 6 Europe where u finished as sixth. The core lineup has only played five maps the past 30 days. Thanks to a turnaround victory in the group against Heretics, fnatic remained at the tournament and in the top 10 in the world. Thus, they broke a series of four consecutive defeats. Maikil “Golden” Selim, was the best player in that match, with 58 kills, 90.0 ADR, and a rating of 1.36. In the last three months, fnatic has a win rate of 50.0%. During that period, they played best on Inferno and Overpass (60.0%), but horrible on Nuke (15.4% 2W 11L).

Heroic has won three out of the last five matches, and has a win rate of 67.7% in the previous three months. They finished second at the DreamHack Open Summer 2020 Europe tournament, ten days ago. In the final, they lost to the BIG but won $20,000. From September 1st, they will play at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe (Online) tournament with a prize pool of $450,000. Heroic’s roster feels pretty good when they play on Nuke (80.0%) and Mirage (73.7%). The only map where they have a negative score is Dust2 (36.4%), where they won four and lost seven times.

Pick: Heroic to win (-122 @omg.bet)

According to the bookmakers, Heroic is the favorite in this clash. The duel of the 9th and 10th in the world will surely bring us a dose of excitement and thrill. Due to the lack of chemistry in the team and only a few matches lately, I also think that Heroic will celebrate in this game. The bookmaker that offers the best odds for this pick is omg.bet.