Secret vs. AGO, Preview & Prediction - Free 10/18 CS:GO
Secret is a slight favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they take on AGO in the Swiss round 2 (teams with a 0-1 record) at the LOOT.BET Season 8 on Sunday. AGO is an underdog in this game, and they will be hoping to record the first-ever victory over Secret.
Secret Team Stats and Latest Results
Secret was in a terrible form of five consecutive defeats and they suffered a 2-1 loss to AGF in the opening game at the LOOT.BET Season 8 in that span. However, they managed to respond with a couple of wins over Lilmix and Endpoint at the Flashpoint 2 Closed Qualifier before returning to the losing ways in a 2-1 defeat to sAw. Secret won seven of the previous 14 matches.
During the previous three months, Secret displayed strong performances on Overpass (81.8% win rate) and was above average on Mirage (66.7%) and Inferno (60.0%), while they failed to impress on Train (33.3%) and Nuke (41.7%). Since August 2020, Secret is playing with the current lineup and appeared on 72 maps with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses. The lineup consists of PERCY (0.95 rating), smF (0.99), anarkez (1.16), Radifaction (1.01), and sinnopsyy (1.11).
AGO Stats and Latest Results
AGO is in an even worse form than Secret at the moment as they lost four of the last five matches, including the opening one at this tournament when they lost 2-0 to Izako Boars. They also lost a pair of matches to Gambit and Nexus at the Flashpoint 2 Closed Qualifier, and another loss to Secret on Sunday would be devastating for them. AGO lost 11 of the last 14 games.
In the past three months, AGO was above average on Vertigo (62.5%) and Mirage (60.0%), while they failed to get a victory on Nuke (played six times), and displayed disappointing performances on Inferno (12.5%) and Train (33.3%). AGO has a rather inexperienced lineup when it comes to the current players who appeared together on just eight maps and had a record of two wins and six losses. The team members are Furlan (1.03), leman (1.09), GruBy (0.99), F1KU (1.04), and DGL (1.02).
Secret vs. AGO H2H Record
These rivals have met on two occasions so far, and Secret won both matches without losing a single map in the process. The most recent H2H tilt was at the cs_summit 6 Europe Open Qualifier in June 2020, when Secret secured an easy 2-0 victory.
Secret vs. AGO Betting Preview
Secret is in a slightly better form than AGO, who has a new lineup with the players who didn’t have the opportunity to play with each other often, and that lack of chemistry is the main reason I am backing Secret here. I am not sure whether Secret will secure another 2-0 win, the third in a row over AGO, but I am pretty certain they will end up with a win.