Akuma vs. HYENAS, Preview, & Prediction - Free 6/09 CS: GO

Akuma is in the favorite form to start European Development Championship 4 with a victory over HYENAS when they face in the first game of Group A on Wednesday.

Akuma Team Stats and Latest Results

Akuma is currently placed in position 20. Being in the top 20 globally means that a team has a strong lineup and has achieved good performance over time. Recently, Akuma won the NumberOne Season 2 Cup 2 and was awarded $3,046. At the EPIC League CIS 2021 tournament, the team managed to finish third. They failed to progress to the grand final after losing to Gambit but were awarded $5,000 and 1400 RMR points. They have shown an impressive performance over the last 8 matches, winning 6 consecutive matches until the party was stopped by Gambit and Virtus.pro.

Map win statistics shows that the team has been decent on Dust2 (100.0%), Inferno (100.0%), Train (100.0%), Mirage (66.7%), and Vertigo (50.0%). On the other hand, the team failed to give a good performance on Overpass (33.3%) and Nuke (0.0%). The team is relatively new and has featured in 23 maps. Their lineup consists of Sergiz (1.06), Psycho (1.01), SENSEi (1.36), DemQQ (1.10), j3kie (1.01). SENSEi and DemQQ are the best members of the team. SENSEi has a 79.0% KAST and 82.8 average damage per round.

HYENAS Team Stats and Latest Results

HYENAS is currently placed at position 67 and has been in a cold and hot season since January 2021. They have featured in different tournaments showing different results; some disappointing and others positive results. They were part of Flashpoint 3 that took place between May 10th - May 30th. In this tournament, they finished 13-16th where they got 250 RMR Points. They also joined Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 2 and got $625 after finishing 5-8th. In the last 8 matches, they managed to win 4 matches.

Over the last 3 months, the Danish team has managed to Overpass (80.0%) and Mirage (75.0%). On the flip side, there was no good result on Inferno (33.3%), Vertigo (33.3%), and Nuke (0.0%). HYENAS has a relatively new team that consists of aizy (1.02), Kjaerbye (1.07), gade (1.00), b0RUP (1.04), and Fessor (1.09). The best team member in the squad is Fessor and has an average damage per round of 80.7.

Akuma vs. HYENAS H2H Record

Akuma and HYENAS have never met in any tournament and this will be their first encounter

Akuma vs. HYENAS Betting Preview

I do believe Akuma has a better chance in this match because of their previous performance and their player ratings. Akuma also has a win rate of 72.7% while HYENAS has a team rate of 57.1%. In consideration of the best players, Akuma’s top player has 82.8 average damage per round while HYENAS’s top player has average damage per round of 80.7. Based on these factors, I will bet on Akuma to win.

The Pick: Akuma to win



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