Evil Geniuses vs. Cloud9, Preview & Prediction - Free 9/05 CS:GO Betting Picks

Evil Geniuses and Cloud9 will face each other in the Group A Best of 3 at the ESL Pro League Season 12 North America (Online) tournament. First and second place in the group will play in the upper bracket, while third and fourth start in the lower bracket. Eight teams in total will compete for the prize pool of $225,000. Cloud9 was invited for this tournament, while Evil Geniuses was a partner team.

Evil Geniuses won three tournaments in a row: the BLAST Premier Spring 2020 Americas Finals, the cs_summit 6 North America, and the ESL One Cologne 2020 North America. They wrapped up an incredible cash prize of $247,000 in total. They are in a great series of 11 victories in a row and have a win rate of 81.2% in the past three months. When it comes to maps, they are unbeatable on Overpass, even though they only played once there, and it’s their first ban. On Inferno (92.3%), they have twelve victories in a row, and it is their first pick. On all other maps, they have an effect of over 50.0%, and on Nuke they have scored four victories in a row.

Cloud9 has won only three matches of the last eight and has a win rate of 50.0% in the past three months. In the opening match at this tournament, they lost against FURIA 2-1. Josh Ohm “oSee” is the best player in the squad with a rating of 1.21 and 0.79 kills per round. The map they choose first is Overpass (70.0%), they have the best record on it (7W 3L). Cloud9's first ban is Mirage, and they have the worst score on Nuke 37.5%.

Pick: Evil Geniuses to win (-323 @PINNACLE)

Evil Geniuses is a better-ranked team (#3 vs. #23) and has a better form. Far more superior teams than Cloud9 tried to stop that incredible series of victories, but they failed. I expect another easy victory for Evil Geniuses.