9z vs. FURIA Academy Preview & Prediction- Free 12/10 CS: GO
The rivals will cross paths at the quarter-finals of the ongoing BLAST Rising 2021 Latin America this Friday. The winner of this matchup will progress to the semi-finals while the loser will be eliminated from the tournament.
9z Team Stats and Latest Results
9z Team is ranked 47th in the world ranking. The team won all their matches at the group stage of the ongoing BLAST Rising 2021 Latin America and advanced to the playoffs. They defeated Redragon (2:0) and Keyd (2:0). Their performance in past events has been impressive. They won the Liga Gamers Club 2021 Serie A September Cup and were awarded $710. They finished 1-2nd at the IEM Winter 2021 Europe Open Qualifier 2, 3-4th at the Esportal Truecaller Tournament 2021, and won the Redragon Latam Series 2021 Super Cup. The South American team also won the FlowFiReLEAGUE 2021 Finals and received $50,000. They won all their last 8 matches and have a win rate of 73.1%.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Nuke (84.2%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Overpass (63.6%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent win rate on Ancient (50.0%), Mirage (42.9%), Inferno (42.9%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team’s line-up includes BIT (1.06), max (1.17), dgt (1.14), rox (1.04), and try (1.23).
FURIA Academy Team Stats and Latest Results
FURIA Academy is ranked 185th in the world ranking. The Brazilian team won 2 out of their 3 matches at the group stage and finished second in Group D. Meanwhile, their previous performance hasn't been impressive because they have only won 3 games from their last 8 and holds a win rate of 33.3%. Considering their performance in past events, the team finished 8th at the WePlay Academy League Season 1, 7-8th at the CBCS Masters 2021, and 3rd at the Liga Gamers Club 2021 Serie A November Cup.
Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Overpass (100.0%) but failed to impress on Dust2 (50.0%), Inferno (40.0%), Nuke (33.3%), Mirage (25.0%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of zmb (0.95), piriaz1n (1.03), kauez (1.11), decenty (1.09), and HPS (0.93).
9z vs. FURIA Academy H2H Record
The opponents have never met in any tournament and this will be their first encounter.
9z vs. FURIA Academy Betting Preview
9z is currently on an upswing and this is reflected in their 8-match win streak and impressive win rate. On the other hand, FURIA Academy has a win rate of 33.3% and performed dismally at previous events. Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that 9z leads in Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, and Ancient while FURIA Academy has attained a decent win rate on Overpass.
The Pick: 9z to win.
