Hard Legion vs. Illuminar Preview & Prediction - Free 7/19 CS:GO Betting Picks

Hard Legion and Illuminar are facing in the Semi-final of the Eden Arena Malta Vibes Cup 3, and Hard Legion are slight favorites in this Best of 3 tilt. The winning team will meet FATE or ALTERNATE aTTaX in the Grand final. These sides have met twice before, and Illuminar won both matches.

The Russian side Hard Legion made it through the group stage with two wins and a loss before they snatched a narrow 2-0 win over HellRaisers in the quarter-final, the game that produced one overtime. Hard Legion failed to impress recently as they won just five of the previous ten matches and have a 52.0% win rate over the past three months. In that span, Hard Legion was above average on Train (58.8%), Mirage (57.1%), and Overpass (56.7%), while they are winless on Nuke and without much success on Vertigo (30.8%).

Illuminar won the top spot in Group C ahead of Gambit Youngsters with a couple of wins over AVEZ and GY, and then they beat Singularity without problem in the quarter-final. The Polish team also won only five of the previous ten matches and have a 55.2% win rate in the previous three months. During that period, Illuminar played very well on Train (68.8%) and Dust2 (66.7%), while they are winless on Inferno and below average on Overpass (40.0%) and Vertigo (44.4%).

Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (-103 @GG.BET)

Illuminar won both H2H encounters and both games produced a maximum of three maps. Given the significance of this game and the fact that these rivals are playing exciting matches, I am going with another length affair here. Betting on the winner is not recommendable on this occasion, and that’s why I am backing Over 2.5 maps.