SKADE vs. DBL PONEY, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/29 CS: GO

SKADE and DBL PONEY will play their first round of the group stage of the IEM Fall 2021 Europe this Wednesday. There are 4 groups in this tournament and each group will produce 2 teams to the playoffs. The overall winner of this tournament will take $27,500 plus 2500 RMR Points.

SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results

SKADE is ranked 22nd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 25 weeks. The Bulgarian team qualified for the IEM Fall 2021 Europe after finishing 1-8th at the Closed Qualifier. Meanwhile, they finished 2nd at the European Development Championship 5, 2nd at the Pinnacle Fall Series 1, and 9-12th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 3. Meanwhile, they are also part of the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe and Elisa Invitational Fall 2021 where they have shown impressive performances. Out of their last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and has a win rate of 68.0%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Mirage (79.2%), Inferno (75.0%), Overpass (60.9%), Dust2 (60.0%), and Vertigo (57.1%). They attained an average performance on Nuke (50.0%) but failed to impress on Ancient (33.3%). Their line-up consists of SHiPZ (1.11), dennyslaw (1.13), KalubeR (1.01), Duplicate (1.01), and Rainwaker (1.11).

DBL PONEY Team Stats and Latest Results

DBL PONEY is ranked 30th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 11 weeks. Unlike SKADE and other teams that qualified through the qualifiers, the French team has been invited. They are coming to this tournament after winning all their first 5 matches at the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe and winning 2 out of their 3 matches at the Elisa Invitational Fall 2021. These stats show that the team is in good shape and we should expect a good performance. Considering their last 8 matches, they won 6 matches and has a win rate of 66.7%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has achieved a decent performance on Vertigo (72.2%), Nuke (64.3%), Inferno (61.5%), Dust2 (60.0%), and Ancient (60.0%). At the same time, they achieved an average win rate on Overpass (50.0%). The team line-up includes bodyy (1.09), Lucky (1.10), Djoko (1.06), Ex3rcice (1.02), and afro (1.11).

SKADE vs. DBL PONEY H2H Record

Head-to-head meetings have 6 matches. SKADE has won in 5 encounters including their last match at the Elisa Invitational Fall 2021 where they defeated DBL PONEY 2-0.

SKADE vs. DBL PONEY Betting Preview

I am psyched up about this matchup because both sides are currently in good form. SKADE has a 68.0% win rate while DBL PONEY has 66.7%. Considering their performance on the maps, SKADE leads on Mirage, Inferno, and Overpass while DBL PONEY has a better performance on Ancient, Vertigo, and Nuke. DBL PONEY rarely lost 2 matches in a row and since they lost their last game against SKADE, we expect them to bounce back and win.

The Pick: DBL PONEY to win.