Gplay vs HSBG
BO3 on LAN
My Prediction: Gplay
Lounge odds: 80%-20% Gplay
My odds: 70%-30% Gplay
Risk: High
[MLO: 2:1 Gplay]
Gplay:
The more well known team in this matchup, a strong Bulgarian team consisting of spyleadeR, bubble, nkl, v1c7oR and dream3r. They have been playing average recently, winning against Dignitas 2-1 but also losing to HR 2-0. They got stomped on Cache 16-4 by Publicler.se. despite it being a good map for them, which surprised me. spyleadeR and v1c7or are the player to watch out for here, if they can show up they will make HSBG's lives hell.
HSBG:
Another Bulgarian team consisting of minko, pNshrG, Geko, psycho and nik1. HSBG are not that well known (by me anyway) in the CSGO community, but they were a popular team back in 1.6. There is not a whole lot of information out there about this team's matches. They beat ELTZ a year ago 2-1, winning on Mirage and Dust2 but losing Nuke in overtime. Watching a few of their VODs, Mirage seems to be a great map for HSBG. But again these matches are outdated and could be unreliable.
Conclusion:
Gplay could easily take this, they have been getting mixed results against well known teams and I would consider them favourites. HSBG have played in this tournament before and won it, so I would not count them out at all. If the odds stay like this it would not be a bad idea to put an ICB on HSBG. I myself will probably place a medium on Gplay, because I think they can pull through. But be careful and do not underestimate HSBG.
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