Secret vs. Winstrike, Preview & Prediction - Free 9/12 CS:GO Betting Picks

Secret and Winstrike will face each other in the Semi-final Best of 5 at the Vie.gg Legend Series Europe (Online) tournament. This will be their second encounter. In the first match in April, Winstrike won at the LOOT.BET Season 6, 2-1. The Grand final is scheduled for September 13th, and in the other semifinal, HellRaisers will play against Heretics.

Secret is in good form; they have recorded 12 victories in the last 14 matches. They have a win rate of 64.3% in the past three months. Secret has three wins in a row. In their previous duel, they beat Nexus 2-1 in the quarter-final. When it comes to the maps, they are invincible on Overpass (8W 0L) and very strong on Mirage (8W 3L) which is their first pick. They ban Vertigo first, and they have the worst score on Nuke (5W 9L). The best player in the squad is “anarkez” with a rating of 1.20, 0.79 kills per round, 1.27 IMPACT, and 79.2 average damage per round.

Winstrike won six of their last eight matches and has a win rate of 48.1% in the past three months. Two weeks ago, Alexey “NickelBack” Trofimov, confirmed his transfer to Winstrike. Winstrike always bans inferno first, and they have the worst score on Nuke 27.3% (3W 8L). Their first pick is Dust2 66.7% (8W 4L), where they have four wins in a row. In their last match, they defeat Nemiga 2-0 in the quarter-final. In that clash, the best player was Aleksey “El1an” Gusev with 35 kills and a rating of 1.38.

Pick: Total map over 3.5 (-250 @PINNACLE)

Secret is a worse ranked team (#52 vs. #47). Bookmakers have not determined a favorite, and the odds for the winner are -118 each. I can't choose the winner either, but I am sure the number of maps will be over 3.5.