fnatic vs. Spirit Preview & Prediction - Free 11/10 CS: GO
fnatic and Spirit will cross paths at the group stage of the DreamHack Open November 2021 tournament. The best CS: GO teams in North America and Europe are clashing for a $100,000 prize! 4 will make it past the group stages while the overall winner takes 50 grand as well as an opportunity at Season 15's ESL Pro League Conference.
fnatic Team Stats and Latest Results
fnatic is ranked 32nd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 8 weeks. The British team has been invited to this tournament based on their performance at the Closed Qualifier. They defeated Eternal Fire (2:1) and GamerLegion (2:1) and finished 1-2nd. Nevertheless, they lost all their matches at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe and finished 21-24th. At the Elisa Invitational Fall 2021, they were placed 5-8th after losing to Copenhagen Flames (0:2). The team is currently on a four-game winning streak, and they've won 7 out of their last 8 matches. With such an impressive win rate in recent months (50%), it's no wonder that fnatic Team is looking good for this tournament!
Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Overpass (70.0%), Vertigo (60.0%), and Inferno (57.1%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent win rate on Mirage (44.4%), Nuke (40.0%), and Dust2 (0.0%). Their roster includes KRIMZ (1.07), ALEX (0.98), Brollan (1.10), mezii (1.09), and smooya (1.34).
Spirit Team Stats and Latest Results
Spirit is ranked 23rd in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 42 weeks. This team is certainly struggling. They have a 48% win rate over the last 3 months and lost 5 out of their last 8 matches! Considering their performance in the past tournament, they finished 5th at the IEM Fall 2021 CIS, 5-6th at the IEM Winter 2021 Europe Closed Qualifier, and 9-11th at the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Challengers Stage.
Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Nuke (70.0%), Dust2 (66.7%), Ancient (60.0%), and Mirage (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent performance on Overpass (45.5%), and Inferno (20.0%). Their roster consists of sdy (1.11), degster (1.18), magixx (1.04), Patsi (1.14), and KaiR0N- (1.09).
fnatic vs. Spirit H2H Record
There is no H2H record between the opponents and this will be their first encounter.
fnatic vs. Spirit Betting Preview
fnatic is a force to be reckoned with as they have only lost 1 out of their last 8 games. Nonetheless, this match will not be an easy one for the British team because Spirit leads on 4 maps while they have a better performance on 3. At the same time, Spirit has a better position in the global ranking. It is hard to say who will come out on top, but it seems inevitable that the winner will get at least 2 maps.
The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.
