Extra Salt vs. Coldest Riders, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/14 CS: GO

The opponents will meet for their first match of Group B this Tuesday. Two teams from each of the 2 groups will advance to the playoffs. The winner of the tournament takes a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021.

Extra Salt Team Stats and Latest Results

Extra Salt Team is ranked 25th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 77 weeks. The North American team recently finished 3rd at the ESEA Summer 2021 Cash Cup 6 North America and has also won all their 4 matches at the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 38 North America. This shows that the team is psyched up to continue with their impressive performance and get a spot at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021. The team also won the DreamHack Open June 2021 North America in July and received $35,000. Considering their performance over the last 8 matches, they won 7 matches and holds a win rate of 77.8%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that they have been impressive on Overpass (100.0%), Ancient (100.0%), Vertigo (75.0%), Nuke (71.4%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Inferno (57.1%). At the same time, they attained an average performance on Mirage (50.0%). The team line-up consists of Sonic (1.13), MarKE (1.10), JT (1.05), oSee (1.30), and FaNg (1.12).

Coldest Riders Team Stats and Latest Results

Coldest Riders is ranked 128th on the world ranking. They got an invite to The Fragadelphia Fall 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier based on their performance at the Fragadelphia 15. Here, they finished 5th and were awarded $2,500. At the same time, they were part of the ESEA Premier Season 37 North America Relegation and finished 5th. At the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 38 North America, Coldest Riders team has won 1 out of their 4 group stage matches and are rock-bottom in Group A. In their last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and have a win rate of 52.6%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that they have displayed a decent performance on Mirage (80.0%). They managed an average win rate on Nuke (50.0%), Overpass (50.0%), and Vertigo (50.0%) but failed to impress on Ancient (40.0%), Dust2 (33.3%), and Inferno (0.0%). They have maintained 1 line-up since July that consists of Drew (1.07), landmaz (1.02), Pol0 (1.08), Jermaine (1.06), and sava9e (1.05).

Extra Salt vs. Coldest Riders H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics show 1 record between the opponents. They met at the ESEA Premier Season 38 North America and Extra Salt won 2-0.

Extra Salt vs. Coldest Riders Betting Preview

Extra Salt is currently on an upswing because they won their last 5 matches and has a better line-up compared to the opponent. On the other hand, Coldest Riders recently lost to NA's Finest (1-2) at the Fragadelphia 15. Considering map stats, Extra Salt leads on Dust2, Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, Vertigo, and Ancient while Coldest Riders has a better performance on Mirage. Based on these factors, there is no doubt that Extra Salt is the better side to win.

The Pick: Extra Salt to win.