PACT vs. ESPADA Preview & Prediction - Free CS:GO Betting Picks 6/19

PACT and ESPADA are meeting in the league round of the LOOT.BET Season 7 - a Swiss round 3 (teams with a 1-1 record). Both sides are fighting for the top half of the standings and will be looking for a win here. These rivals have never met before, and this is the Best of 3 matchup.

The Polish side PACT enter this matchup as underdogs after losing the last two matches at the ESEA MDL Season 34 Europe and are hoping to bounce back with a win here. Over the last three months, PACT have a 73.9% win rate, and they beat SKADE in the previous LOOT.BET Season 7 round. When it comes to the maps during the same period, PACT are the most successful on Overpass (80.0% win rate), Inferno (75.0%), and Train (75.0%), but they have been weaker on Nuke (50.0%).

The Russian team ESPADA are coming into this tilt as favorites after winning each of the last three matches at WePlay! Clutch Island Closed Qualifier and secured a ticket for the main tournament. They have a 59.5% win rate over the last three months, while they were producing the best displays on Train map (61.5% win rate) and Nuke (60.0%). On the other hand, Espada are the weakest on Inferno (46.7%).

Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (-120 @bet365)

Even though ESPADA are the higher-ranked team and the bookies consider them as favorites, I don’t think they will have an easy job here. PACT are desperate to return to winning ways after suffering a couple of straight defeats, and I am backing them to win at least one map in this encounter. I expect to see a lot of rounds and three maps, especially after PACT played a maximum of three maps in each of the last two Best of 3 matches.