00NATION vs. BLUEJAYS Preview & Prediction- Free 3/17 CS: GO

We expect an interesting matchup when 00NATION and BLUEJAYS cross paths at Stage 2 Swiss round 1 in the Pinnacle Cup III tournament this Thursday. The 2022 Pinnacle Cup III is an online tournament organized by Relog Media. It consists of notable teams across Europe battling it out for the prize pool of $100,000. The Second stage is played in Swiss System Format and the series is best-of-three.

00NATION Team Stats and Latest Results

00NATION is ranked 68th in the world ranking. The Brazilian team was not part of Stage 1 in the Pinnacle Cup III tournament and has been invited to join at Group Stage 2 (Swiss) where they will play their first match against BLUEJAYS. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 9-11th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 3 Regionals, 3-5th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 2 Regionals, and 3rd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMR SA Open Qualifier 1. They have attained a win rate of 54.5% over the past 3 months and won 5 out of their last 10 games.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows an impressive performance on Ancient (100.0%-win rate), Dust2 (66.7%), Overpass (66.7%), and Mirage (55.6%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Inferno (50.0%) and Nuke (40.0%). The team has a line-up that includes vsm (1.02 player rating), leo_drk (0.99), coldzera (1.08), malbsMd (1.13), and try (1.16).

BLUEJAYS Team Stats and Latest Results

BLUEJAYS is ranked 38th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 1 week. The team has also been invited to join the ongoing Pinnacle Cup III tournament at the second stage. They won the recently concluded RES Season 2 tournament and got a spot at the upcoming TWR Eastern European Masters Spring 2022 - BLAST Premier Qualifier. At the same time, they finished 2nd at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Playoffs 2 and 3-4th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 2. BLUEJAYS won 7 out of their last 10 matches and holds a win rate of 60.0%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive win rate on Vertigo (80.0%), Mirage (70.6%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Inferno (60.0%). On the other hand, they performed dismally on Overpass (33.3%), Ancient (25.0%), and Nuke (0.0%). The team has a roster that includes stYleEeZ (1.02 player rating), dan1 (0.99), CacaNito (1.15), kyxsan (1.07), and aidKiT (1.03).

00NATION vs. BLUEJAYS H2H Record

Teams had no previous encounters and this will be their first H2H encounter.

00NATION vs. BLUEJAYS Betting Preview

BLUEJAYS is coming to this tournament on a 4-match win streak while 00NATION has won 2 out of their last 5 games. Considering their performance on the maps, 00NATION leads on Nuke and Overpass while BLUEJAYS has a better win rate on Mirage, Inferno, Vertigo, and Ancient. 00NATION has attained above 50% win-rate on 3 cards while the opponent has 4 maps with over 50%-win rate. Based on the stats, we believe BLUEJAYS will win.

The Pick: BLUEJAYS to win.