Nexus vs. Giants, Preview & Prediction - Free 11/23 CS:GO

Nexus is a favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they face Giants in the Playoffs round 1 of the Nine to Five 6 on Monday. The winner of this clash will take on Nemiga in the quarter-finals, while the losing team will be eliminated.

Nexus Team Stats and Latest Results

Nexus lost the Grand final of the OGA Counter PIT by AMD and Sapphire Season 8 to SKADE and earned $3,750 for their efforts, while they needed four games to make it to the playoffs at this tournament. Namely, Nexus beat MBAPPEEK, Heretics, and SG.pro to come this far, and now they are expected to qualify for the quarter-finals with a win over Giants. Nexus won nine of the previous 15 matches.

When it comes to the maps in the last three months, Nexus displayed strong performances on Mirage (74.1% win rate) and played well on Vertigo (54.5%) and Dust2 (52.4%), while they didn’t impress on Nuke (20.0%) and Inferno (38.9%). Nexus is playing with the current lineup since September 2020 and appeared on 88 maps with a record of 47 wins and 41 losses. The lineup consists of BTN (0.87 rating), SEMINTE (0.94), XELLOW (1.13), iM (1.15), and raga (0.94).

Giants Team Stats and Latest Results

Giants qualified for the main event of this tournament with a couple of wins over BIG Academy and Project X, and even though they lost the opening match to Espada, they managed to defeat LDLC, ALTERNATE aTTaX, and Copenhagen Flames. In the meantime, Giants secured a place in the playoffs at the Cyber.Bet Golden League 2020. Giants won nine of the last 12 games.

In the previous three months, Giants didn’t lose in one appearance on Dust2 and played well on Train (71.4%), while they failed to get a victory on Mirage (played three times) and were weak on Nuke (28.6%). Since September this year, Giants are playing with the current lineup that appeared on 48 maps with a record of 26 wins and 22 losses. The team members are fox (1.07), RIZZZ (1.02), obj (0.96), pr (1.07), and NOPEEJ (1.11).

Nexus vs. Giants H2H Record

These rivals have met on two occasions before and the series is currently tied at 1-1. Giants won the most recent duel at the Cyber.Bet Golden League 2020 a few days ago.

Nexus vs. Giants Betting Preview

Both teams needed a qualification round to come this far and, although Nexus is a better-ranked team, I cannot separate them at the moment. Five of Giants’ last seven Best of 3 matches produced a maximum of three maps, which was the case in two of Nexus’ previous two. Despite the fact that none of their two H2H encounters produced a maximum of three maps, I am going with Over 2.5 maps in this one.

The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (+108 @GG.BET)