Copenhagen Flames vs. SKADE Preview & Prediction- Free 3/05 CS: GO

The rivals are expected to clash at the Semi-final of the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 tournament this Saturday. The prize pool of this tournament adds up to $100,000 and the best team will be awarded $50,000. The winner of this match will advance to the grand final while the losing team will leave the tournament. The match will be played on the best-of-three series.

Copenhagen Flames Team Stats and Latest Results

Copenhagen Flames is ranked 17th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 30 weeks. The Danish team was invited to the playoffs of the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 tournament and defeated Dignitas (2:0) at the quarter-finals. Considering their performance in previous events, they finished 3-4th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1, 1-4th at the IEM Katowice 2022 Play-In, and 13-16th at the IEM Katowice 2022. The team won 4 out of their last 8 games and hold a win rate of 56.5%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent win rate on Inferno (62.5%), Vertigo (62.5%), Nuke (58.3%), Mirage (55.6%), and Overpass (55.6%). On the flip-side, the team failed to impress on Ancient (50.0%) and Dust2 (50.0%). The team roster consists of HooXi (0.90 player rating), nicoodoz (1.10), roeJ (1.19), jabbi (1.04), and Zyphon (1.06).

SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results

SKADE is ranked 29th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 40 weeks. The Bulgarian team was also invited to the tournament at the playoffs and has so far eliminated Eternal Fire with a score of 2:0. The team is also part of the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 and has won all their first 3 matches at the group stage. They won the A1 Gaming League Season 5, finished 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 2, and 9-16th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 2. They have attained a win rate of 66.7% over the last 3 months and won 4 out of their last 8 matches.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Overpass (85.7% player rating), Nuke (80.0%), Inferno (76.5%), and Ancient (75.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Dust2 (40.0%) and Mirage (36.4%). SKADE has maintained their line-up for the last 2 months and it includes bubble (0.92), dream3r (1.16), SHiPZ (1.11), dennyslaw (1.12), and Rainwaker (1.11).

Copenhagen Flames vs. SKADE H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics show 8 meetings between the rivals. So far, SKADE has won in 5 matches while Copenhagen Flames won in 3 matches. Their last encounter was at the group stage of 2021 Funspark ULTI: Europe Season 3 and Copenhagen Flames won 2:1.

Copenhagen Flames vs. SKADE Betting Preview

Copenhagen Flames are the favorite to win this matchup based on the fact that they have shown an impressive performance on the maps than their rivals. At the moment, they have an advantage on Ancient, Overpass, Nuke, Inferno, and Dust2. On the other hand, SKADE leads in Vertigo and Mirage. Even though we are predicting a win for the Danish side, we expect SKADE to snatch 1 map. SKADE has a relatively better roster.

The Pick: Copenhagen Flames to win/ Over 2.5.