Giants vs. Syman Preview & Prediction - Free CS:GO Betting Picks 8/10

Giants and Syman are facing in the Group A upper bracket semi-final of the FunSpark ULTI 2020 Europe Qualifier, and Syman is a favorite to win in this best of three map encounter. These sides have never met before.

The Portuguese side Giants quickly forgot a defeat to Nexus in the Betano Masters Europe 2020 Grand Final and bounced back with a 16-12 victory over Dignitas in the opening match of this tournament. Giants lost six of the previous ten matches and have a 50.0% win rate over the last three months. In that span, Giants were unbeaten on Vertigo but failed to record a win on Overpass and Mirage.

Syman set their focus on the FunSpark ULTI 2020 Europe Qualifier after suffering elimination out of the Eden Arena Malta Vibes Cup 6 and 2-1 defeat to Dignitas. The Kazakhstani team beat Secret 16-6 in the first match here; won six of the last nine games and has a 54.0% win rate in the last three months. During that period, Syman displayed fine performances on Train (64.0%), while they were above average on Nuke (37.5%) and Dust2 (41.7%).

Pick: Syman to win (-222 @ GG.BET)

Syman can't afford to suffer early elimination as they set their sights on one of the first two places that guarantee a ticket to the main event. Giants are the worst-ranked team at this tournament and it would be surprising to see them advance to the group semis. The maximum they can do at the moment is to take a map here, nothing more. I am going with Syman.