SAW vs. Nemiga Boars Preview & Prediction - Free 10/18 CS: GO\
This Monday, the opponents will clash at the Playoffs round 1 of the Pinnacle Fall Series 2 tournament. The winner of this matchup will advance to the quarter-finals while the lower will exit the tournament. We expect a close matchup when the opponents meet.
SAW Team Stats and Latest Results
SAW Team is ranked 67th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 23 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing Pinnacle Fall Series 2, they lost their first round of the group stage when they played Lyngby Vikings (0-2) but bounced back to defeat both Eternal Fire (2-0), Galaxy Racer (2-1), and FunPlus Phoenix (2-0). Considering their performance in other tournaments, they finished 5-8th at the V4 Future Sports Festival 2021 Open Qualifier, 15-16th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe Closed Qualifier, and 9-10th at the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe. In the last 8 games, they won 5 matches and hold a win rate of 48.0%.
Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (69.2%), Ancient (62.5%), and Nuke (61.5%). On the flip side, they have failed to impress on Overpass (25.0%), Inferno (22.2%), and Dust2 (20.0%). SAW Team has a line-up that includes MUTiRiS (1.06), rmn (1.03), JUST (1.08), stadodo (1.10), and story (0.91).
Nemiga Boars Team Stats and Latest Results
Nemiga Boars is ranked 36th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 39 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing Pinnacle Fall Series 2, they won 3 out of their 4 matches and advanced to the playoffs where they will meet SAW Team at the opening round. They are also part of the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe Relegation where they will play Apeks at the lower semi-finals. Nemiga Boars is coming out of the ESEA Advanced Season 38 Europe psyched up after finishing 2nd. At the same time, they finished 7-8th at the IEM Fall 2021 CIS. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and hold a win rate of 61.0%.
Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the Belarusian team has been impressive on Nuke which they played 14 times with a win rate of 71.4%. They have been playing decently too on Mirage (68.8% win rate), Vertigo (60.0%), and Inferno (53.8%). They attained an average performance on Dust2 (50.0%) but failed to impress on Overpass (28.6%). They have a line-up that consists of Jyo (1.07), boX (1.04), lollipop21k (1.14), iDISBALANCE (1.11), and 1eeR (0.89).
SAW vs. Nemiga Boars H2H Record
Head-to-head record shows 8 meetings between the opponents. SAW managed to win thrice while Nemiga Boars won 5 times. The last meeting was at the ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe and SAW won 2-0.
SAW vs. Nemiga Boars Betting Preview
SAW has a 3-match win streak while Nemiga Boars won 4 out of their last 5 matches. This is definitely a tough matchup for both sides. At the group stage, SAW had a rough start with 0-2 vs. Lyngby Vikings. However, they finally found their form and won their next 3 matches. Nemiga Boars had a similar performance at the group stage. They lost their first matches but defeated INDE IRAE, 1WIN, and EC Kyiv. Since Nemiga Boars have an advantage on 5 maps, SAW will have to play their best to overcome Nemiga Boars.
The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.
