CR4ZY vs. Tikitakan Preview & Prediction - Free CS:GO Betting Picks 7/31

CR4ZY and Tikitakan are facing in the Swiss round 5 (teams with a 2-2 record) of the Nine to Five 2, and Tikitakan is a favorite to win in this best of three map encounter. Winner advances to playoffs, losing team is eliminated. These sides have never met before.

The Ukrainian team CR4ZY lost to ALTERNATE aTTaX in the opening match of this tournament, and even though they bounced back with a win over Illuminar, they disappointed in the next game against LDLC. CR4ZY won just 11 rounds in a loss but made up in the following game against lvlUP, tougher than expected, 2-1. CR4ZY won eight of the last 14 games and has a 54.3% win rate over the past three months. In that span, CR4ZY was strong on Nuke (71.14%) and Mirage (65.0%), while they didn’t perform well on Vertigo (31.2%).

Tikitakan defeated Lyngby Vikings and GamerLegion to make it to the main event, and then beat Illuminar and surprised ALTERNATE aTTaX. However, they lost the last two matches to Gambit Youngsters and AVEZ, failing to win a map in the process. Tikitakan won four of the previous six matches and has a 63.6% win rate in the last three months. During that period, Tikitakan was unbeaten on Mirage and Nuke and was above average on Dust2 (62.5%), while they didn’t win on Train.

Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (+114 @ GG.BET)

Even though Tikitakan is a favorite here and none of their last six matches produced a maximum of three maps, I am going with over 2.5 maps because Tikitakan lost the previous two games. I think they will need more than two maps to secure a victory, while CR4ZY certainly has a quality to win at least a map in this duel.