Vitality vs. NiP, Preview & Prediction - Free 9/02 CS:GO Betting Picks

Vitality and NiP will face each other in the Group B round-robin Bo3 at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe (Online) tournament. This will be their fifth encounter in the past thirty days, and Vitality leads 4-1. Seven teams from the top 10 world rank are participating in this tournament. Sixteen teams are divided into two groups, and the best four of each group will proceed to the playoff. The Grand final is scheduled for October 4th, and the total prize pool for this tournament is $450,000.

Vitality is the number one team in the world and has a win rate of 66.7% in the past three months. They won five of their last eight matches. This summer, they were second in three tournaments: at the ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe, cs_summit 6 Europe, and BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Europe Finals. During that period, Mathieu Herbaut “ZywOo” was the best player in the squad, with a rating of 1.36, 0.85 kills per round, and 90.0 average damage per round. Although Dust2 is their first pick, Vitality has no defeat on Vertigo, and they are playing great on Overpass (7W 1L). They always ban the Train first, and their worst record is on Mirage 36.4%.

NiP won three of their last eight duels and has a win rate of 50.0% in the past three months. In their previous match, they were defeated by Vitality in the semifinals of the ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe tournament. On three maps, they have the same record of 33.3% (Inferno, Nuke, and Dust2). Their first ban is Vertigo, where they have the worst record of 28.6% and four defeats in a row.

Pick: Vitality to win (-156 @GG.BET)

Vitality is a better-ranked team and the bookmaker’s favorite. H2H duel tells us that NiP is easy prey for Vitality, and they are in better form as well. The highest odds on Vitality to win is at GG.BET.