Finest vs. NAVI Junior, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/14 CS: GO

The opponents will clash at stage 1-Round of 32 this Tuesday. At this stage, 8 teams will advance to the second stage where the winning team at the grand final will take $16,000.

Finest Team Stats and Latest Results

Finest Team is ranked 84th on the world ranking. The European team recently finished 1-2nd at the Elisa Invitational Fall 2021 Regionals and qualified for the Elisa Invitational Fall 2021 where they will play their first match of the group stage on 15th September. Meanwhile, they were also part of the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 1 and finished 25-40th. They won the ESEA Summer 2021 Cash Cup 3 Europe and were awarded $3,000. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they have won 4 matches and hold a win rate of 58.3%.

Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Overpass (80.0%), Nuke (75.0%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Inferno (66.7%). On the other hand, they failed to win any match on Mirage (0.0%). The team line-up includes robiin (1.05), kreaz (1.13), anarkez (1.24), mar (1.06), and shokz (1.18).

NAVI Junior Team Stats and Latest Results

NAVI Junior Team is placed 94th on the world ranking. The Ukrainian team has only won 4 out of their last 8 matches, including their last 2 matches at the ongoing Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2. At the same time, they finished 5th at the WePlay Academy League Season 1 and failed to progress to the Season 1 LAN Finals. Looking back, their best performance was in April when they won the LOOT.BET Season 9 Closed Qualifier. Meanwhile, their win rate stands at 52.6%.

Considering their map performance in the last 3 months, they have displayed a decent performance on Inferno (100.0%), Dust2 (66.7%), and Mirage (60.0%). At the same time, the Ukrainian team managed an average win rate on Ancient (50.0%) and Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (44.4%). Their team line-up consists of Aunkere (1.16), fear (1.00), m0NESY (1.28), headtr1ck (1.14), and Synyx (0.90).

Finest vs. NAVI Junior H2H Record

Both teams have never met in any tournament and this will be their first encounter.

Finest vs. NAVI Junior Betting Preview

This is a perfect definition of an over 2.5 scoreline. They are level on Dust2 and fall within the top 100 teams on the global ranking. Considering their win rate over the last 3 months, there is no significant difference because Finest has 58.3% while NAVI Junior has a 52.6% win rate. For this reason, we will avoid predicting the winner and go for the number of possible maps that will be played.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.