North vs. forZe Preview & Prediction - Free 8/25 CS:GO Betting Picks

North and forZe will play in the quarterfinals Bo3 at the Nine to Five Europe (Online) tournament on the 25th of August 24, 2020. The total prize pool for this tournament is $ 50,000 and the winner of this encounter will meet a better team from the match MIBR and Wisla Krakow. This will be the fourth duel of the teams and forZe is leading 2-1.

The North’s roster has undergone some changes lately. Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye left the team in July and joined FaZe. The Swedish player Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson, who has been seating on Nip’s bench since May, has signed for an undisclosed fee. The coach Jimmy "Jumpy" Berndtsson now has the following lineup: Philip "aizy" Aistrup, René "cajunb" Borg, Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen, and Nicklas "gade" Gade. The core lineup has not played any maps over the past 30 days, and “Lekr0” has played less than five matches with the core. North is ranked 24th in the world and ha a win rate of 43.8% in the last three months. In that period they played their best on Overpass (70.0%), but were not so successful on Train (40.0%), Nuke (25.0%) and Duts2 (16.7%).

forZe is 25th in the world and has a string of three wins in a row. From August 25th till August 30th, 2020, they will play at the Eden Arena Malta Vibes Cup 9, in group C together with MIBR, Gambit Yngters, and HellRaiers. They won five of the previous eight matches and are in good form. They have a positive score on almost all maps except on Overpass 47.4% (9W 10L) and Vertigo 0.0% (0W 1L).

Pick: Total map Over 2.5 (116 @Pinncle)

There are no favorites in this duel, the odds are equal for North and forZe. I will give a slight advantage to forZe only because of the North lack of matches. However, I will not bet on the winner of the match; I will put my money on the total maps over 2.5 at Pinnacle.