Team Liquid vs. Evil Geniuses Preview & Prediction - Free CS:GO Betting Picks 6/17

Team Liquid and Evil Geniuses are facing in the Upper bracket semi-final of the BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Americas Finals. The winner of this duel will meet the better from FURIA vs. MIBR matchup in the Upper final. These rivals have met on 29 occasions so far, and Liquid have a 17-12 lead. It is a Best of 3 matchup.

The American squad Team Liquid are favorites in this tilt after failing to win the DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 North America, losing the final 3-0 to the Brazilian side FURIA. Liquid did earn $20,000 and 190 EPT Points for the second place. They won three of the last four matches and have a 56.5% win rate over the past three months. When it comes to the maps, Liquid are playing very well on Dust2 (75.0% win rate), while they have been average on Vertigo (50.0%).

On the other hand, their compatriots Evil Geniuses took the 7th place at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 North America, but they won four of the previous six matches (one draw), and will undoubtedly get a chance in this one. Evil Geniuses have a 52.3% win rate in the last three months and suffered only one loss in the past 20 days. They have been quite successful on Inferno (70.0% win rate) and Mirage (66.7%), while vertigo (33.3%) and Dust2 (36.4%) proved to be Evil Geniuses’ least favorite maps.

Pick: Team Liquid to win (-125 @ PINNACLE)

Team Liquid must be disappointed after failing to get a trophy at the DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 North America and will be looking to get it here and also a whopping $160,000 and a ticket to the BLAST Premier Global Finals 2020. While it wouldn’t be the end of the world if they drop down to Lower bracket, Liquid are hoping to avoid that scenario. They won each of the previous H2H duels, including four this year, so I am backing the favorites to win.