ViCi vs. TIGER, Preview & Prediction - Free 12/6 CS:GO
ViCi is an absolute favorite in this Best of 5 encounter when they take on TIGER in the Grand final of the DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 Asia on Sunday. ViCi will have a 1-0 map advantage due to coming from the upper bracket.
ViCi Team Stats and Latest Results
ViCi was victorious at the Perfect World Asia League Fall 2020 where they defeated TIGER 3-0 in the Grand final to win the title and $25,000 with 2500 RMR Points. They also won a trophy and $8,000 at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Asia thanks to winning over Invictus and TYLOO twice, while ViCi beat Invictus and TIGER to reach the Grand final at this tournament, coming from behind in the latter one. ViCi won nine of the previous ten matches.
When it comes to the maps in the last three months, ViCi was dominant on Nuke (81.8% win rate), Vertigo (80.0%), and Inferno (78.6%), while their weakest displays came on Overpass (57.1%) and Train (57.1%). Since September this year, ViCi is playing with the current lineup that appeared on 62 maps with a record of 43 wins and 19 losses. The team members are advent (0.88 rating), zhokiNg (1.13), aumaN (1.11), Kaze (1.23), and JamYoung (1.24).
TIGER Team Stats and Latest Results
TIGER qualified for this tournament after defeating Paper Rex and D13 and then beat TYLOO twice, including in the Consolidation final to make it to the Grand final. They weren’t successful like ViCi at previous tournaments and will have a chance to win $8,000, but TIGER is a massive underdog in this one. TIGER won eight of the last 12 games.
In the previous three months, TIGER was strong on Train (76.5%), Dust2 (75.0%), and Nuke (75.0%), while they failed to impress on Overpass (33.3%) and Inferno (38.5%). TIGER assembled its current squad in October 2020 and appeared on 22 maps with a record of 14 wins and eight losses. The lineup is made of dobu (1.13), kabal (1.14), nin9 (1.09), rate (1.01), and cool4st (1.11).
ViCi vs. TIGER H2H Record
These rivals have met on seven occasions before, and ViCi is leading the all-time series 4-3. ViCi won the last three encounters including the most recent one at this tournament.
ViCi vs. TIGER Betting Preview
ViCi will likely get a win here considering they have a 1-0 map advantage, but given that even six of seven H2H Best of 3 duels produced a maximum of three maps, I would go with Over 3.5 maps rather than backing the favorites on low odds. In other words, I am going with TIGER to win at least one map, and I think they will do it, just like they did a couple of days ago when the rivals met at this tournament.
The Pick: Over 3.5 Maps (-143 @GG.BET)
