Spirit vs. SKADE Preview & Prediction - Free 8/21 CS:GO Betting Picks
Spirit and SKADE will meet in the opening match of Group B at the Eden Arena Malta Vibes Cup 8 (Online) tournament. Beside them, Apeks and cOntact are also in this group. Spirit is the best-ranked team at this tournament and favorite for winning the first place and $25,000 prize. Fifteen other teams from the top 100 will try to thwart them towards that goal.
Spirit is ranked 20th in the world and has a win rate of 52.0%, in the past three months. The last tournament in which they participated, the DreamHack Open Summer 2020 Europe, did not bring them much joy. They recorded two defeats, both 2-1, against forZe and OG. They played much better at the WePlay! Clutch Island tournament, where they finished second and won $10,000 and 1875 RMR Points. Currently, Spirit is participating at the Nine To Five tournament and has already confirmed playing at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe and IEM New York 2020 CIS. They have lost in the last three matches and will try to end that negative series at the EAMV C8 tournament. Spirit prefers to play on Train (85.7%) and Overpass (75.0%), while they are below the average on Dust2 (42.9%).
SKADE will play at the ESEA MDL Season 35 Europe from 31th of August. They already participated at the Nine to Five 3 tournament and the EAMV C8. The Bulgarians (#68), have a win rate of 51.2%, in the previous three months; they have won four out of the last five matches. In that period, they were doing fine on Train (60.0%) and Overpass (58.3%) but didn’t play well on Nuke (28.6%).
Pick: 1st map total rounds Over 9.5 SKADE (-172 @GG.BET)
This will be the second clash of these teams. In the first duel, SKADE won 2-0, and they are currently in the better form. The bookmakers put Spirit in the position of a favorite. I agree that they are a better team, but their opponents should not be underestimated. You can try the high odds on SKADE to win the map, but it is a safer option to bet 1st map total round over 9.5 SKADE.
