SAW vs. Sprout Preview & Prediction - Free 11/03 CS: GO
The opponents will cross paths for the first round of the group stage this Wednesday. There are 18 teams at the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe and only 8 teams will advance to the playoffs to square it out for the top prize of $20,000 plus a spot at the ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference.
SAW Team Stats and Latest Results
SAW Team is ranked 54th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 23 weeks. They got a spot at the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe after finishing 9-10th at the Premier S38. Meanwhile, they finished 9-12th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 2 and 1-2nd at the ESL Masters Spain Season 10. The team is also part of the ongoing William Hill Cup 2021. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they have won 6 matches and hold a win rate of 51.7%.
Map stats in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (68.8%), Ancient (66.7%), and Nuke (64.3%). On the other hand, they failed to display a decent win rate on Overpass (33.3%), Inferno (27.3%), and Dust2 (20.0%). The team line-up includes arki (1.03), MUTiRiS (1.06), rmn (1.03), JUST (1.08), and stadodo (1.10).
Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results
Sprout Team is ranked 63rd in the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 20 weeks. The German team is currently on a downswing because they have attained a 36.0% win rate in the last 3 months. Considering their performance in previous tournaments, they lost all their matches at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe and finished 21-24th. At the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe, they won 4 out of their 7 matches at the group stage and were eliminated by LDLC (2-1) at the LB lower round 1. Meanwhile, they lost all their last 8 matches.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months indicates that the team has attained a decent performance on Ancient (55.6%) and Dust2 (54.5%) but failed to impress on Inferno (42.9%), Nuke (33.3%), Mirage (25.0%), and Vertigo (22.2%). Their line-up consists of raalz (1.04), Spiidi (1.02), faveN (1.12), slaxz- (1.08), and KEi (1.14).
SAW vs. Sprout H2H Record
Head-to-head record has 3 meetings between the opponents. So far, Sprout has won in 2 meetings while SAW has 1 win. Their last encounter was at the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe and Sprout won 2-0.
SAW vs. Sprout Betting Preview
SAW, fresh off their 3-match win streak and looking to extend it further into this upcoming matchup. They're favourites on Nuke (64%), Overpass (33%) as well as other high profile maps like Vertigo and Ancient; but their only real fear might be Sprout who has been struggling- losing 8 matches in a row with an average win rate of 36%. But don't count them out just yet! With such a great roster, we expect them to show a good game. We would advise bettors to place a win for SAW but Sprout will snatch 1 map.
The Pick: SAW to win/ Over 2.5 maps.
