Copenhagen Flames vs. Akimbo Preview & Prediction- Free 2/02 CS: GO

The rivals will play their first match of the group stage (Group B) in the ongoing ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe tournament this Wednesday. The 2022 ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe is an online CS: GO league powered by ESEA which also provides a prize pool of $50,000. There are 16 teams placed into four groups and the top 2 teams from each group will advance to the playoffs.

Copenhagen Flames Team Stats and Latest Results

Copenhagen is ranked 18th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 26 weeks. The Danish team has been invited to the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe tournament based on their performance at the Premier S39 where they finished 5-6th and received $2,500. Considering their performance in other tournaments, they won the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 4, finished 4th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Playoffs 2, and 5-8th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 5. They have attained a 46.4%-win rate over the last 3 months and won 3 out of their last 8 games.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team attained a decent win rate on Nuke (64.3%), Overpass (57.1%), and Vertigo (57.1%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Dust2 (50.0%), Mirage (46.7%), Inferno (40.0%), and Ancient (33.3%). The team has a roster that consists of HooXi (0.90), nicoodoz (1.10), jabbi (1.04), roeJ (1.19), and Zyphon (1.05).

Akimbo Team Stats and Latest Results

Akimbo is currently unranked in the world ranking. The team is coming to this tournament after restricting from LDLC who finished 4th at the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe Relegation. LDLC also finished 5-6th at the ESL Pro League Season 15 Conference and 15th at the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe. This will be their first match at Akimbo and we expect a lot from them.

Their line-up consists of Maka (1.10 player rating), hAdji (1.15), Keoz (1.06), Kyojin (0.85), and Python (1.00).

Copenhagen Flames vs. Akimbo H2H Record

There have been 2 meetings between the opponents and each side has won once. Their last encounter was at the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe and Akimbo (formerly LDLC) won 2:1.

Copenhagen Flames vs. Akimbo Betting Preview

Akimbo is a relatively new team in CS: GO and it will take time before the team consolidates and win. On the other hand, Copenhagen Flames are currently in better shape to show a good performance and win. Copenhagen Flames has a 46.4%-win and leads in 6 maps against Akimbo who has shown better performance in only 1 card.

The Pick: Copenhagen Flames to win.