sAw vs. FunPlus Phoenix, Preview & Prediction - Free 2/10 CS:GO

FunPlus Phoenix is a favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they face sAw in the semi-final of the Snow Sweet Snow 1 on Wednesday. The winner of this clash will progress to the Grand Final and will have a chance to fight for $40,000 against the better team from a duel between Gambit and Virtus.pro, while the loser will be eliminated.

sAw Team Stats and Latest Results

sAw played well at the OMEN WGR European Challenge 2021, where they beat OFFSET and Lyngby Vikings twice, but they lost to Movistar Riders in the Grand Final and settled with 2nd place and $4,854. They defeated TPT and Young Ninjas to secure a playoff spot at the European Development Championship 2, while the Portuguese team opened this tournament with a 2-0 victory over ENCE. sAw won 11 of the previous 16 matches.

During the last three months, sAw was decent on Dust2 (70.0% win rate), Nuke (66.7%), and Inferno (64.3%), while they failed to impress on Train (28.6%). Since November 2020, sAw is playing with the same lineup since November 2020 and appeared on 51 maps with a record of 28 wins and 23 losses. The team members are arki (1.01 rating), MUTiRiS (1.03), rmn (0.99), JUST (1.03), and stadodo (1.18).

FunPlus Phoenix Team Stats and Latest Results

FunPlus Phoenix played just six matches in 2021 and won four of those games. After losing the opening one to Evil Geniuses, FunPlus Phoenix beat HellRaisers, Evil Geniuses, and Gambit, all of them at the DreamHack Open January 2021 Europe. They reached the Grand Final but lost 3-0 to Spirit and settled with 2nd place and $15,000. Even though they lost the opening map at the Snow Sweet Snow 1 to forZe, FunPlus Phoenix responded and won the next two maps.

In the previous three maps, FunPlus Phoenix was invincible on Train (played three times) and played well on Inferno (66.7%) and Nuke (60.0%), while they failed to get a victory on Overpass (played once), Dust2 (played twice), and Mirage (played once). FunPlus Phoenix assembled its current squad in January this year and appeared on 15 maps with a record of eight wins and seven losses. The lineup consists of zehN (1.03), chrisJ (0.91), STYKO (0.97), Maden (1.03), and Farlig (1.09).

sAw vs. FunPlus Phoenix H2H Record

These rivals have met on two occasions before, and the series is currently tied at 1-1. FunPlus Phoenix (then GODSENT) won that clash at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020 in October 2020.

sAw vs. FunPlus Phoenix Betting Preview

sAw won each of the last three games, and even though FunPlus Phoenix is a favorite in this duel, I am not sure they will get a win in the end. On the other hand, each of FunPlus Phoenix’s previous three matches produced a maximum of three maps, and instead of betting on the winner here, my advice is to go with Over 2.5 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 Maps (+123 @GG.BET)