MAD Lions vs. fnatic, Preview & Prediction - Free 11/14 CS:GO
The Group A of the Flashpoint 2 is coming to an end as MAD Lions and fnatic are facing in the Group A upper bracket final, and one of them will secure a place in the Grand final, while the losing team will drop to the Consolidation final. The losing side will take on the better team form the clash between c0ntact and Dignitas.
MAD Lions Team Stats and Latest Results
MAD Lions secured a ticket for the BLAST Premier Fall 2020 Showdown after defeating AGF, Apeks, and HAVU at the Elisa Invitational 2, while they lost the Grand final at the Betway Nine to Five 5 to Wisla Krakow and won $15,000 for 2nd place. In the previous round of the Flashpoint 2, MAD Lions beat Dignitas in straight maps. MAD Lions won ten of the previous 16 matches.
During the last three months, MAD Lions were invincible on Vertigo (played six times) and were decent on Train (66.7% win rate) and Mirage (60.0%), while they didn’t get a victory on Dust2 (played three times) and were below average on Inferno (33.3%) and Overpass (44.4%). MAD Lions assembled the current lineup in October this year and appeared on 23 maps with a record of 14 wins and nine losses. The lineup is made of HooXi (0.98 rating), acoR (1.25), refresh (1.21), sjuush (1.10), and roeJ (1.13).
fnatic Team Stats and Latest Results
fnatic finished the DreamHack Open Fall 2020 in 6th place and won $6,500 with 1719 RMR Points for their efforts. They didn’t play well at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe where they suffered a couple of losses to Complexity and MAD Lions but responded in the opening match of this tournament and a 2-1 win over c0ntact. fnatic lost eight of the last 12 games.
In the previous three months, fnatic played well on Inferno (68.4%), while they weren’t good enough on Dust2 (25.0%), Mirage (30.0%), and Train (37.5%). Since August 2020, fnatic is playing with the current lineup that appeared on 62 maps with a record of 29 wins and 33 losses. The team members are flusha (0.98), JW (0.96), KRIMZ (1.08), Golden (0.94), and Brollan (1.05).
MAD Lions vs. fnatic H2H Record
These rivals have met on four occasions before, and MAD Lions are currently lead the series 3-1. MAD Lions won the most recent clash 2-1 at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe only a few days ago.
MAD Lions vs. fnatic Betting Preview
fnatic is a better-ranked side at the moment but that doesn’t mean anything, which was evident in the latest H2H encounter when MAD Lions secured a victory. Each of the last two H2H duels produced a maximum of three maps, and even though I am leaning toward MAD Lions in this one, I will avoid betting on the winner and I am going with Over 2.5 maps. The bookmakers are also undecided about which team should be a favorite here.
The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (-110 @GG.BET)
