Copenhagen Flames vs. Young Ninjas Preview & Prediction- Free 3/17 CS: GO

The rivals will meet at Stage 2 Swiss round 1 in the Pinnacle Cup III tournament this Thursday. The 2022 Pinnacle Cup III is an online tournament organized by Relog Media. It consists of notable teams across Europe battling it out for the prize pool of $100,000. The Second stage is played in Swiss System Format and the series is best-of-three.

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 32 weeks. The Danish team was not part of Stage 1 in the ongoing Pinnacle Cup III tournament and has joined at the second stage. Considering their performance on past events, they finished 3-4th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1, 13-16th at the IEM Katowice 2022, and 3-4th at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021. The team is also part of the ongoing Pinnacle Winter Series 3 and Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 where it has won its first matches in both events. The team won 6 out of their last 10 matches and has a win rate of 47.4%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows a decent performance on Mirage (57.1%) and Vertigo (57.1%). They managed an average performance on Inferno (50.0%), Overpass (50.0%), Ancient (50.0%), and Dust2 (50.0%) but showed a dismal win rate on Nuke (33.3%). Their current line-up consists of nicoodoz (1.10 player rating), HooXi (0.90), Zyphon (1.06), roeJ (1.19), and jabbi (1.04).

Young Ninjas Team Stats and Latest Results

Young Ninjas is ranked 70th in the world ranking. The Swedish team has been part of the ongoing Pinnacle Cup III tournament from the first stage. They defeated Sangal (16:8) and UNGENTIUM (2:0) to advance to the second stage. Considering their performance in past tournaments, they finished 5-6th at the WePlay Academy League Season 3, 9-16th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6, and 1-2nd at the Pinnacle Winter Series 3 Regionals. The team failed to win any match at the Pinnacle Winter Series 3 and finished 19-20th. They hold a win rate of 60.9% and won 7 out of their last 10 games.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that their best-played cards are Inferno (81.8%-win rate), Mirage (66.7%), Ancient (60.0%), and Overpass (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to show an impressive performance on Vertigo (40.0%), Nuke (25.0%), and Dust2 (0.0%). Their roster consists of Ro1f (0.96 player rating), phzy (0.99), ztr (0.99), LNZ (1.05), and bq (1.07).

Copenhagen Flames vs. Young Ninjas H2H Record

Head-to-head has 4 meetings and both teams have won twice. Their last encounter was at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 5 and Copenhagen Flames won with a score of 2:0.

Copenhagen Flames vs. Young Ninjas Betting Preview

This will be a tight match because both teams seem to be in great shape despite the difference in the world ranking. At the moment, Copenhagen Flames have won 6 out of their last 10 matches while Young Ninjas have 7 wins from their last 10 encounters. A comparison of their performance on the maps shows that both sides lead on 3 cards. Copenhagen Flames have an advantage on Mirage, Nuke, and Vertigo while Young Ninjas lead on Inferno, Overpass, and Ancient. Copenhagen Flames have an advantage on their roster and will win. However, we expect Young Ninjas to snatch 1 match.

The Pick: Copenhagen Flames to win/ Over 2.5 maps.