Hello guys, this is my first prediction on this website, please bare that in mind! I am using my old reddit format aswell.
I've made some predictions for my own spreadsheet earlier and it went pretty good but I thought I'd do some predictions over here.
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Virtus.Pro:
Wow, we saw a whole other VP yesterday than we have seen in the past. Although I went ICB on them I didnt really expect them to perform but I feel like they perform much better when they're underdog, because of their style and the fact that they are just so damn inconsistent. They really need Snax to turn up if they want to win since pasha hasn't been performing recently and they will need someone to bring him up and Snax has been the carry of this team for the last ~6months. Something that really helped them aswell was seeing Taz perform like he did around the PGL days, where he would get all the clutches that he got into and was an absolute beast at CT-side.
Mousesports:
Sadly mouz is about as inconsistent as VP are, and are kinda into the same scenario as VP. Though they showed us great potential at DH Malmö but still, they choked yet again. If you compare the teams I'd say Snax is the same kind of player as NiKo is, an insane rifler who can easily 2nd awp. They have some inconsistent players who need to show up to win, and honestly I wouldn't be suprised if these players do show up. As ChrisJ said on stream, he really loves Train and he sees it as his favorite map and he put up big numbers against VP on it last time and I feel like he'll out awp NEO on it since NEO wasnt really playing all that well vs NIP, last but not least I feel like nex is in the same situation as TaZ (they need to show up in order to win)
Map veto:
VP bans Dust2
mouz bans Train/Overpass
VP picks Overpass/Train
Mouz picks Cache( I feel like they'll be confident after their 16-5 win on it vs VP 2days ago)
VP bans Inferno
Mouz bans Cobblestone
Last map is Mirage
Should be 50/50 imo. Both teams have chances on all three maps.
Conclusion:
I feel like this will be a 50/50 match relying on whoever shows up.
My bet:
Gonna be going on the team that ends up at -45% on CSGL / +1.90 odds on any bookie. (Gonna update later)