LDLC vs. Illuminar Preview & Prediction - Free CS:GO Betting Picks 7/11

LDLC and Illuminar will face each other in the opening Group B match of the Eden Arena : Malta Vibes Week 2 match. The online CS:GO tournament has sixteen teams competing for a $40,000 prize pool. The first-placed team receives $25,000 in prize money. The teams are divided into four groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group advance to the tournament’s playoffs.

LDLC Preview

The French LDLC team is ranked 88th in the world and has slipped many places in the past few months. The team includes several well-known Tier 2 French CS:GO players such as hAdji, SIXER and bodyy. However, the lack of firepower on this squad has hurt the team’s chances of breaking into the top 50 ranks.

Their best player is hAdji as he has maintained a 1.16 rating on HLTV. He also has a 83.9 damage per round statistic which is impressive considering the team’s results have been relatively lacklustre. Dust 2 and Inferno are the strongest maps for the team as these maps allow for teams with individually strong performances to shine through. LDLC has a 71% win-rate on Dust2 and has towered over higher-ranked opponents on this map.

Illuminar Preview

Illuminar has a Polish CS:GO lineup with veterans such as Snax, Mouz and innocent. Despite having such big names, Illuminar’s players have struggled to maintain top tier form. The Polissh squad has a deep map pool and this allows them the advantage in the map veto stage. The team is strong on maps like Overpass and Train, where the players can use the CT side to their advantage.

Illuminar has good strategies and their plays are almost always perfect. However, they lack the firepower to take advantage of these strategies to perfection. Innocent has a 1.07 rating and deals an average of 78 damage per round. The young player has excellent first-shot accuracy and continues to impress with good positioning and team coordination.

Snax was the world’s best player a few years ago. The veteran player still has clutch moments, however, he cannot always replicate the same tier of firepower as during his prime.

Pick: Illuminar ML (-246 @ Pinnacle)

Illuminar’s players have been in good form in their recent matches. The team defeated Wizards and Wisla Krakow. They also took a map off sAw. Meanwhile, LDLC has mostly played against lower ranked opponents and even then, they have been unable to comfortably win matches.