Bad News Eagles vs. Eternal Fire Preview & Prediction- Free 5/09 CS: GO
The rivals will clash at the Swiss round 1 in the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Challengers Stage tournament this Monday. The event consists of 16 teams battling it out for 8 spots in Legends Stage. The upcoming matchup will be played in the best-of-one series.
Bad News Eagles Team Stats and Latest Results
Bad News Eagles is ranked #28 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 13 weeks. The team finished 7th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR B and got a spot at the upcoming Challengers Stage. The team also finished 1-2nd at the TWR Eastern European Masters Spring 2022 Last Chance Qualifier and 5-8th at the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe. Over the past 3 months, BNE has attained a win rate of 72.2% and managed 7 wins from their last 10 matches.
Map win statistics in the past 3 months show a decent win rate on Ancient (75.0%), Mirage (71.4%), Inferno (66.7%), and Dust2 (66.7%). On the flip-side, the team failed to impress on Nuke (50.0%) and Vertigo (50.0%). The team’s current line-up has SENER1 (1.00 player rating), juanflatroo (1.13), sinnopsyy (1.10), gxx- (1.13), and rigoN (1.10).
Eternal Fire Team Stats and Latest Results
Eternal Fire is currently ranked #28 in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 17 weeks. The Turkish team is currently on a 2-match win streak and has managed 5 wins from their last 10 matches. The team won the BtcTurk ESA Supremes Spring 2022 in March, finished 9-12th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 3, 9-16th at the IEM Dallas 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 1, and 7th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A. Over the past 3 months, they attained a win rate of 57.6%.
The team's best-played maps over the past 3 months consist of Overpass (83.3%), Vertigo (64.3%), Nuke (63.6%), Dust2 (55.6%), and Mirage (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Inferno (46.2%). Their current line-up has XANTARES (1.28 player rating), woxic (1.12), Calyx (1.03), imoRR (1.09), and xfl0ud (1.02).
Bad News Eagles vs. Eternal Fire H2H Record
The guys at Bad News Eagles played Eternal Fire when they were still under BLINK. They clashed at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 4 Closed Qualifier on November 19, 2021, and Eternal Fire won 2:1.
Bad News Eagles vs. Eternal Fire Betting Preview
Both teams have shown impressive stats as evident in their performance in the past 4 events. Based on this, it is evident that we should expect an interesting matchup when they meet. Bad News Eagles managed a win rate of 72.2% while Eternal Fire has a 57.6%-win rate over the past 3 months. A comparison of their performance on the maps shows that Bad News Eagles leads in 4 maps while Eternal Fire has a better win rate on 3 maps. We are, therefore, predicting a win for Bad News Eagles.
The Pick: Bad News Eagles to win.