Heretics vs. fnatic Preview & Prediction - Free 8/20 CS:GO Betting Picks

Heretics and fnatic will meet in the Group B lower bracket round 1 at the ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe (Online) tournament. Sixteen teams will compete for a prize pool of $325,000 at this tournament. This will be the second encounter of two teams, and they have played three maps; fnatic leads 2-1.

The heretic is currently playing at the ESEA MDL Europa Relegation S34 tournament, where they reached the lower semi-final, after Tikitakan forfeit. In the last three months, Heretics record win rates of 57.9% and has two wins in a row. Their favorite maps are Nuke and Inferno (66.7%), while on Overpass (40.0%) and Train (0.00%) play much worse. The headliner of the Franch squad is “Nivera“ Nabil Benrlitom, with a rating of 1.16 and 0.78 kills per round.

Fnatic has a win rate of 47.8%. With four defeats in a row, we can say that they are in terrible form. In their last match, they lost to Astrails with a catastrophe on the first map 5-16. They got together on Train, but it wasn’t enough to turn the match in their favor. The only bright spot of the squad fnatic, was Ludwig “Brollan” Brolin, who has 52 kills and 1.12 rating. Beside him, Robin Rönnquist, Jesper Wecksell, Freddy Johansson, and Maikil “Golden” Selim, are in the lineup. They have the worst performance on Nuke (16.7%), and the best on Overpass (60.0%). In early September, they play at the ESL Pro League Season 12 tournament, and at the beginning of October at the IEM New York 2020 Europe.

Pick: Total rounds (incl. overtime) over 56.5 (-145 @GG.BET)

Due to his higher ranking (#8 against #48), fnatic is the favorite in this clash. We will not listen to the bookmakers, even though they are probably right, but we will bet on the number of rounds over 56.5 at GG.BET.