Akuma vs. BLINK, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/28 CS: GO
The opponents will cross paths for their seventh round of the group stage this Tuesday. By this time, Akuma has won 2 matches while BLINK has won 5 out of their last 6 matches. The favourite to win this matchup is BLINK but we expect a tough game.
Akuma Team Stats and Latest Results
Akuma is ranked 47th in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 12 weeks. Their drop in the world ranking is attributed to their performance at the European Nations Cup 2021 where they lost all their matches and ESEA Summer 2021 Cash Cup 6 Europe. Meanwhile, they finished second at the V4 Future Sports Festival 2021 Open Qualifier and won the recently concluded UESF Parimatch Championship of Ukraine 2021. Out of their last 8 matches, the Ukrainian team won 4 matches and holds a win rate of 52.0%.
Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (66.7%) and Inferno (64.3%). They had an average performance on Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (46.2%), Mirage (33.3%), and Nuke (30.0%). The team line-up consists of Sergiz (0.97), Psycho (0.99), SENSEi (1.24), DemQQ (1.10), and j3kie (0.99).
BLINK Team Stats and Latest Results
BLINK is ranked 52nd in the world ranking. At the group stage of the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe, they defeated Sangal (2-1), Apeks (2-1), Enterprise (2-0), and SAW (2-1). They lost their first round of the group stage to Sprout (1-2). At the same time, they won 4 out of their 5 matches at the Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 and finished 1-4th. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they have won 7 matches and have a win rate of 73.7%.
Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the Albanian team has been excellent on Mirage (88.9%), Inferno (72.7%), Ancient (71.4%), and Vertigo (57.1%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Overpass (42.9%) and Dust2 (40.0%). Meanwhile, the team line-up includes rigoN (1.18), SENER1 (0.99), juanflatroo (1.14), sinnopsyy (1.05), and gxx- (1.10).
Akuma vs. BLINK H2H Record
There is no head-to-head record between the opponents and this will be their first encounter.
Akuma vs. BLINK Betting Preview
In this matchup, BLINK seems to be in a better position to win. They have a 3-match win streak and have won 5 out of their 6 rounds at the group stage. Akuma has a better performance on Dust2, Nuke, and Overpass while BLINK has a better performance on Mirage, Inferno, Vertigo, and Ancient. For this reason, we believe BLINK is the better side to win.
The Pick: BLINK to win.
