SKADE vs. SAW Preview & Prediction- Free 3/14 CS: GO
The rivals will cross paths at the Playoffs round 1 in the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament this Monday. This is a single-elimination bracket so the winner will advance to the next step while the losing team will exit the tournament. The match will be played in the best-of-three series.
SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results
SKADE is ranked #22 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 41 weeks. The Bulgarian team won all their first 3 matches at the group stage of the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament and automatically advanced to the playoffs. They finished 5-8th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 2, 9-16th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 2, and won the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021. The team is also part of the ongoing Pinnacle Winter Series 3 and has advanced to the playoffs. They have attained a win rate of 62.9% over the last 3 months and won 6 out of their last 10 matches.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive win rate on Overpass (80.0%), Ancient (76.9%), Inferno (65.2%), Dust2 (62.5%), and Nuke (58.3%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Mirage (46.2%). SKADE has maintained its line-up for the last 2 months and it consists of bubble (0.92 player rating), dream3r (1.13), SHiPZ (1.11), dennyslaw (1.12), and Rainwaker (1.11).
SAW Team Stats and Latest Results
SAW is ranked #40 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 23 weeks. The Portuguese team sneaked to the playoffs of the ongoing Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament after winning 3 out of their 5 matches. They are also part of the ongoing ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe and have won 2 out of their 3 matches. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 13-15th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1 and 2nd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 3. They won 7 out of their last 10 games and have a win rate of 63.0%.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows a decent performance on Nuke (66.7%), Ancient (64.3%), Inferno (60.0%), Overpass (60.0%), and Dust2 (58.3%). They maintained an average win rate on Vertigo (50.0%). Their line-up consists of MUTiRiS (1.07 player rating), rmn (1.04), JUST (1.07), stadodo (1.09), and arki (0.95).
SKADE vs. SAW H2H Record
Head-to-head statistics have 6 matches and the advantage in this confrontation is on the side of SKADE, which has 4 victories on its account. SAW has won twice including their last encounter at the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe 3 days ago where they won 2:1.
SKADE vs. SAW Betting Preview
SAW recorded a last-minute win at the group stage to advance to the playoffs. Nevertheless, we cannot overwrite them considering the fact that they won during their last H2H encounter and also has a slight advantage on the win rate. Map performance shows that SKADE leads on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, and Ancient while SAW has an advantage on Nuke and Vertigo. Even though SKADE is the favorite, their upcoming meeting will not be complete without a third map.
The Pick: SKADE to win/ Over 2.5 maps.
