Sprout vs. OG Preview & Prediction - Free 8/22 CS:GO Betting Picks
Sprout, and OG will meet on 22nd of August 2020, in the Group A upper bracket semi-final at the ESL One Cologne Europe (Online) tournament. This will be their second meeting; they played at the cs_summit 6 Europe Regional Qualifier tournament, in June this year. In that match, three maps were performed, and OG won 2-1. The winner of this semifinal is waiting for the better one from the game Natus Vincere vs. Complexity.
Sprout surprised everyone with a victory in the first round at the ESL One Cologne tournament over BIG 2-0. On Mirage, it was a close fight (11-11) until Paweł "dycha" Dycha and Michał "snatchie" Rudzki won their team a key round Sprout claimed the map 16-12. On Nuke, there was an incredible turnaround; BIG led 14-6, but Sprout went on a streak to make the score 14-13 and took the map to overtime, where they celebrated 19-16. The Germans are currently the 40th team in the world and have a win rate of 63.4% in the last three months.
They will play at the ESEA MDL Season 35 Europe tournament from August 31st. During that period, they played best on Nuke (72.7%), where they recorded the most convincing victory 16-3 over Unicorns of Love. They have over 60.0% success on almost all other tracks, the only one where they have a negative score is on Vertigo (33.3%), where they played three times and lost on two occasions. Sprout failed to qualify for the FunSpark ULTI 2020 Europe couple a days ago, due to two defeats in a row by AGO and HAVU.
OG opened the ESL One Cologne tournament well with a victory over NIP 2-1. Valdemar ‘valde’ Bjørn Vangsa dominated the match with 93 kills and a rating of 1.31. The other star of the team with a positive score was Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen, who has 75 kills and a rating of 1.20. OG has won three out of the last five matches, and has a rating of 60.7%, in the previous months. They managed to win a spot at the IEM New York 2020 Europe tournament through the qualification after victory over Heroic.
The results worth mentioning this summer are also two third places at the DreamHack Open Summer 2020 Europe and cs_summit 6 Europe tournaments, where they won a total of $ 25,750 and 1,750 RMR Points. OG will participate at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europa and IEM New York 2020 Europe, in the coming period. The highest percentage of victories was recorded on Inferno (71.4%) and Nuke (68.8%), and the lowest on Train (36.4%) and Overpass (25.0%).
Pick: Total maps Over 2.5 (117 @Pinnacle)
OG is the bookmaker favorite and is better ranked (#12), but the fact that Sprout beat teams from the top ten recently brings us into doubt what to bet on. One thing is for sure, both sides have played Over 2.5 maps in four of their last five games. I expect a tight match again and total maps over 2.5.
