Dire Wolves vs. ORDER, Preview & Prediction - Free 5/9 CS:GO

Dire Wolves and ORDER displayed the best performances at the ESL Australia & NZ Championship Season 12 and deservedly reached the Grand final here. Now, the winner will get a trophy and earn a $6,247 money prize, while the losing side will settle with $3,904.

Dire Wolves Team Stats and Latest Results

Dire Wolves secured all three victories in the Swiss round of the competition and then beat RIOT and VERTEX twice to make it to the Grand final. In the meantime, they ended the ESEA Premier Season 36 Australia in 4th place after losing to Chiefs in straight maps but will have an opportunity for revenge as they’ll meet Chiefs in the Grand final of the LPL Pro League Season 7 on Tuesday. Dire Wolves won 12 of the previous 15 matches.

In the last three months, Dire Wolves were unbeaten on Inferno (played four times), while they were excellent on Nuke (88.9% win rate) and Dust2 (80.0%), while they lost the only appearance on Overpass. Dire Wolves established their current squad in March 2021 and appeared on 32 maps with a record of 23 wins and nine losses. The lineup is made of soju_j (1.03 rating), sterling (1.37), HaZR (1.29), Liki (1.07), and SaVage (1.05).

ORDER Team Stats and Latest Results

Just like Dire Wolves, ORDER impressed in the group stage of the tournament with all three wins, after which they defeated Simplicity, Chiefs, and Paradox. They trailed 1-0 to Chiefs in the Grand final of the ESEA Premier Season 36 Australia but came from behind to win the game and $5,000, along with a ticket for the EPL S14 Regional Playoff. ORDER won each of the last 16 games.

During the previous three months, ORDER was invincible on Dust2 (played six times) and dominated on Nuke (90.9%), while their “weakest” displays came on Inferno (66.7%). Since February this year, ORDER is playing with the same lineup that appeared on 35 maps with a record of 29 wins and six losses. The team members are Rickeh (1.23), USTILO (1.16), J1rah (1.20), Valiance (1.32), and Vexite (1.30).

Dire Wolves vs. ORDER H2H Record

These teams have met once before, and ORDER won that game 2-1 at the ESEA Premier Season 36 Australia less than a month ago.

Dire Wolves vs. ORDER Betting Preview

Even though I am leaning toward ORDER in this one, I am not going to bet on the winner because it’s going to be a tight encounter. Each of ORDER’s last five matches produced a maximum of three maps, which also occurred in lone H2H duel, so I am going with Over 3.5 maps, given that this is the Best of 5 match. Dire Wolves haven’t dropped a single map at this tournament, and that is going to end on Sunday.

The Pick: Over 3.5 maps