Eternal Fire vs. Sprout Preview & Prediction- Free 2/03 CS: GO
The rivals will cross paths at the group stage of the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 Main Qualifier tournament this Thursday. At the moment, both teams have won their first 2 matches and are on top of the group. The top 8 teams at the group stage will advance to the quarter-finals while the remaining teams will exit the tournament. The group stage is played in a Swiss Bo3 format.
Eternal Fire Team Stats and Latest Results
Eternal Fire is ranked 20th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 9 weeks. The Turkish team is currently on-form because they have won 5 out of their last 8 matches and hold a win rate of 69.2%. At the same time, they have won all their first 2 matches at the group stage of the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 Main Qualifier tournament. They have defeated Lynn Vision (2:0) and LookingForOrg (2:0). Considering their performance in past events, the team finished 3-4th at the Exeedme Revolution 2021, 3rd at the ESL Challenger Anaheim 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier, and 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (90.9%), Nuke (70.0%), Mirage (69.2%), Inferno (60.0%), and Vertigo (55.0%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Overpass (40.0%) and Ancient (0.0%). The team has a roster that consists of XANTARES (1.28), woxic (1.13), Calyx (0.96), imoRR (1.07), and xfl0ud (1.01).
Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results
Sprout is ranked 22nd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 8 weeks. At the group play of the ongoing Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 Main Qualifier tournament, the team has defeated Finest (2:0) and Dignitas (2:0) and are on top of the table. They are also part of the ongoing Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 but lost their first match to BLINK (1:2). Sprout Team won the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe which ended on Dec 19th 2021 and also finished 4th at the ESL Challenger Anaheim 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier. Their win rate over the last 3 months stands at 76.3%. Additionally, they won 5 out of their last 8 games.
Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (84.6%), Ancient (77.8%), Inferno (76.5%), Overpass (72.7%), Mirage (62.5%), and Vertigo (60.0%). On the flip-side, they won 3 and lost 6 matches on Nuke to attain a 33.3%-win rate. Their roster includes Spiidi (1.03), slaxz- (1.11), raalz (0.98), Staehr (1.02), and Marix (1.07).
Eternal Fire vs. Sprout H2H Record
There is only 1 head-to-head meeting between the opponents. They crossed paths at the ESL Challenger Anaheim 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier and Eternal Fire won 2:1.
Eternal Fire vs. Sprout Betting Preview
Two strong teams will cross paths at the group stage of the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 Main Qualifier tournament and we should expect a fantastic Thursday when they meet. Both sides won 5 out of their last 8 games and have impressive stats on the maps. Eternal Fire has a win rate of 69.2% while Sprout holds a 76.3%-win rate. Based on the presented stats, there is no doubt that this match can go either way and the best prediction would be the number of maps played. Therefore, we are predicting Over 2.5 maps.
The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.