Heretics vs. Winstrike, Preview & Prediction - Free 9/08 CS:GO Betting Picks
Heretics and Winstrike will face each other in the group A final Best of 3 at the Vie.gg Legend Series Europe (Online) tournament. Heretics already beat Winstrike at this tournament in the Upper final 2-1; Winstrike won a second chance by defeating BIG Academy in the Consolidation final 2-0. The best two teams from each of the four groups will play in the playoff in the single-elimination Quarter-finals Bo3 format, Semi-finals Bo5, and the Grand final Bo5.
Heretics play in unstable form lately and has four defeats and four wins in the last eight matches. They have a win rate of 47.6% in the past three months. They did not achieve any notable results this summer, and in the last tournament at the Eden Arena Malta Vibes Cup 10, they finished 13th. When it comes to maps, Heretics plays best on Nuke 69.2% (9W 4L) and has an effect of 50.0% on Dust2 (5W 5L) and Inferno (4W 4L). They are still without a win on Mirage (0W 3L) and Train (0W 1L). Their best player is "Nivera" with a rating of 1.09 and 0.74 kills per round.
Winstrike won five of their last eight matches (two wins in a row) and has a win rate of 43.5% in the past three months. Currently, they are playing in another tournament at the Nine To Five 4 and achieved the first victory in the group against SJ. Alexey “NickelBack” Trofimov has officially joined the Winstrike roster. The coach Dmitry Bogdanov in the lineup also has Vladyslav Nechyporchuk, Viktor “Lack1” Boldyrev, Aidyn “Krizze” Turlybekov, and Aleksey “El1an” Gusev. The map win statistics in the past three months looks like this: on Dust2, Vertigo, and Train 60.0% each, on Overpass 37.5%, on Mirage 33.3%, and on Nuke 12.5%.
Pick: First map over 26.5 (-118 @PINNACLE)
Heretics is a better-ranked team (#37 vs. #48), and the bookmakers favorite. A week ago, they played against Winstrike and won (Overpass 16-13, Vertigo 14-16, and Nuke 16-13). Both teams cannot boast of any constant form, and I think this match will be the same as the previous one. I suggest you bet on total maps over or the first map over 26.5.
