Evil Geniuses vs. OG, Preview & Prediction - Free 10/26 CS:GO
Natus Vincere is a favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they take on OG in the Group A upper bracket semi-final of the BLAST Premier Fall Series 2020. The winner of this clash will meet the better team of the duel between Evil Natus Vincere and NiP in the Upper semi-finals.
Evil Geniuses Team Stats and Latest Results
Evil Geniuses won a couple of third places at the last two tournaments as they finished 3rd at the ESL Pro League Season 12 North America and IEM New York 2020 North America. After destroying Rebirth and ImPerium, Evil Geniuses disappointed in the semi-finals at the IEM New York 2020 North America with a big loss to FURIA. They did respond in the 3rd place battle against TeamOne and secured a win. Evil Geniuses won eight of the previous 12 matches.
Over the course of the last three months, Evil Geniuses displayed strong performances on Mirage (83.3% win rate), Inferno (78.6%), and Train (75.0%), while their “weakest” displays came on Nuke (54.5%). Evil Geniuses assembled the lineup in August this year and appeared on 44 maps with a record of 31 wins and 13 losses. The lineup consists of Stanislaw (0.99 rating), Tarik (1.08), Brehze (1.27), Ethan (1.19), and CeRq (1.17).
OG Team Stats and Latest Results
OG lost to FaZe in the Grand final of the IEM New York 2020 Europe and had to settle with 2nd place and $30,000, while they showed weaker displays at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020, where they finished in 6th position. OG won nine of the last 15 games.
When it comes to the maps in the previous three months, OG was decent on Inferno (68.8%) and Overpass (66.7%), while they were below average on Train (35.7%) and Nuke (46.7%). Since August 2020, OG is playing with the current lineup that appeared on 71 maps with a record of 37 wins and 34 losses. The team members are NBK- (1.01), valde (1.11), Aleksib (1.11), ISSAA (1.10), and mantuu (1.10).
Evil Geniuses vs. OG H2H Record
These rivals have met on two occasions so far, and OG won both clashes, including the most recent one at the BLAST Premier Spring Series 2020 in February this year. Interestingly, they also beat Evil Geniuses at the same tournament in the first-ever meeting, just a day before the second encounter.
Evil Geniuses vs. OG Betting Preview
Both H2H matches produced a maximum of three maps, and considering I am not impressed with the form of these rivals, I wouldn’t be surprised to see three maps in this one as well. The problem could be the fact that Evil Geniuses didn’t play a three-map game in the last ten matches, but the encouraging sign is the fact that five of the previous eight OG’s games did produce a maximum of three maps. IN any case, I am going with Over 2.5 maps rather than betting on the winner.
