G2 vs. OG Preview & Prediction - Free 8/28 CS:GO Betting Picks
G2 and OG will face each other in their best of three quarterfinals matchup at the ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe (Online) tournament. This will be the sixth meeting of these two opponents with G2 holding a 3-2 advantage. The remaining eight teams at the ESL One Cologne, in the playoffs, will fight for a prize pool of $325,000. The other quarterfinal matchups are Astralis v. NiP, Complexity vs. Heroic, and Sprout vs. Vitality.
The French squad of G2 comes into this game ranking 4th in the world. They've won 57.1% of their matches over the last three months, and enter this one having strung together four wins in a row. In the group stage, they cleared the MIBR with 2-0 and defeated Heroic after the turnaround 2-1. Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković stood out in that match with 75 kills and a rating of 1.30. He and his teammates are invincible on Vertigo (100.0%) and decent on Train (57.1%). G2 will play at the ESL Pro League Season 12 Europe from 1st September till 4th October.
Their opponent for this match will be the 13th ranked OG. They won five of their last eight duels and have a win rate of 60.0% in the previous three months. OG always chooses Inferno as the first pick, and they have five winning streaks. Vertigo is the team's first ban, and Inferno (73.3%) or Nuke (66.7%) can easily be identified as their best map. On Mirage, Train, and Overpass they have a negative score. Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså with 46 kills, and a rating of 1.49 in the last match against MAD Lions took his team to the quarter-finals.
Pick: Map 1 under 26.5 (-112 @Pinnacle)
G2 is a better-ranked team and the bookmaker’s favorite. The core lineup of G2 has only played five maps the past 30 days, but OG team hasn’t been shining either lately. In mutual encounters, the maps ended up to 26 rounds. I suggest the same bet again at Pinnacle.
