MAD Lions vs. Heretics, Preview & Prediction - Free 9/03 CS:GO Betting Picks

MAD Lions and Heretics will face each other in the Group C opening match Best of 1 at the Eden Arena Malta Vibes Cup 10 Europe (Online) tournament. This will be their fourth encounter and the MAD Lions leads 3-0 without losing a map. Beside them, in group C are forZe and x6trence as well. The first two teams from each of the four groups will have the opportunity to play into the playoffs single elimination Bo3 matches.

MAD Lions won five of the last eight matches and has a win rate of 45.0% in the past three months. In their previous game, they lost in the final at the Eden Arena Malta Vibes Cup 9 against forZe 2-0, a few days ago. In that match, the best player in MAD Lyons squad was Frederik Gyldstrand “acoR”, with 52 kills, 79.1 ADR, and a rating of 1.26. Most likely, MAD Lyons’s first ban is Dust2, where they have not won a single game in the last three months. Their first pick is Nuke, and the best performance is recorded on Vertigo, where they do not have a single defeat.

Heretics won five of the last eight games and has a win rate of 59.1% in the past three months. Currently, they are 37th in the world, and also participating at the Vie.gg Legend Series. Heretics’ first pick is Nuke (76.9%), where they have seven wins in a row. First, they ban Train, where they played only once and lost. Their best man in the lineup is Nabil Benrlitom “Nivera” with a rating of 1.13 and 0.76 kills per round.

Pick: MAD Lions to win (-186 @PINNACLE)

MAD Lions is a better-ranked team (#21) and bookmaker favorite. Although they have not met once this year, judging by the previous duels, this will be an easy victory for MAD Lions.