Nordavind vs. Hard Legion Preview & Prediction - Free CS:GO Betting Picks 6/16
The second round of the LOOT.BET Season 7 will continue with a tilt between Nordavind (Europe) and Hard Legion (Russia). Both teams recorded victories in the opening round and are hoping to maintain the perfect start of the campaign. It is a Best of 3 matchup.
Nordavind Team Stats and Latest Results
Nordavind (#46 World Rank) are entering this clash as underdogs despite winning six of the previous seven matches. They were on a four-game winning run before #62 AVEZ defeated them at cs_summit 6 Europe Open Qualifier, but managed to bounce back with a pair of victories over GRAFICIARZE and #52 Secret. When it comes to the maps, Nordavind are the most successful at Overpass (59.5 winning percentage, 74 times played) and Inferno (56.2%, 80 times played).
On the other hand, they are not very good when playing Dust2 (42.0%, 50 times played) and Nuke (46.9%, 49 times played). Nordavind’s current lineup consists of: TENZKI (1.02 Rating), HS (1.03), NaToSaphiX (1.09), cromen (1.01), and H4RR3 (1.01). This lineup played together on 113 maps since February 2020 and has a record of 55 wins and 58 losses.
Hard Legion Team Stats and Latest Results
Hard Legion (#30) are favorites in this tilt after securing five wins in the last seven matches. However, Hard Legion lost two of the previous three, including the most recent one to #61 Illuminar at Home Sweet Home Cup 8. They opened that match with a 16-7 win at Overpass, but lost the following two maps (Vertigo and Dust2). Train (61.5 winning percentage, played 26 times) and Overpass (59%, 39 times played) are Hard Legion’s favorite map so far.
Hard Legion are not performing well at Nuke (0.0%, two times played) and Vertigo (21.4%, played 14 times). Hard Legion’s current lineup consists of: kinqie (0.96 Rating), svyat (0.98), Krad (1.09), Forester (1.05), and rAgeharn (1.07). This lineup played together on 135 maps since January 2020 has a record of 67 wins and 68 losses.
Nordavind vs. Hard Legion H2H Record
These rivals have met once before, and it was at Home Sweet Home Cup 5 this May when Hard Legion secured a 16-14 victory on Overpass map. Given that Nordavind are playing well on Overpass, this was a bit surprising.
Nordavind vs. Hard Legion Betting Preview
Nordavind are in a slightly better form right now, but that doesn’t have to mean anything as they already lost to Hard Legion a few weeks ago. The Russians are playing maximum maps frequently, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we have another tight match that could easily go to the wire. That’s why I am going with Over 2.5 Maps.