SKADE vs. SJ, Preview & Prediction - Free 11/27 CS:GO
HellRaisers are awaiting the better side from a duel between SKADE and SJ, and SKADE is a strong favorite to secure a win and advance to the quarter-finals of the Cyber.Bet Golden League 2020. This Best of 3 encounters is on schedule for Friday.
SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results
SKADE had a lot of success at recent tournaments as they won the title at CyberPRO Series 2 and $7,000 with a victory over Lyngby Vikings, and then defeated Nexus in the Grand final of the OGA Counter PIT by AMD and Sapphire Season 8, winning $6,750 for 1st place. They failed to make it to the Grand final of the Nine to Five 6 after losing to Gambit in the semis, but SKADE qualified for the playoffs at this tournament thanks to all three wins in three rounds in the league stage. SKADE won 16 of the previous 19 matches.
During the last three months, SKADE was decent on Train (72.2% win rate) and Overpass (66.7%), while they were below average only on Nuke (33.3%). SKADE is playing with the current lineup since September 2020 and appeared on 113 maps with a record of 65 wins and 48 losses. The lineup consists of SPELLAN (1.03 rating), dennyslaw (1.16), Duplicate (0.98), Rainwaker (1.18), and Oxygen (1.00).
SJ Team Stats and Latest Results
SJ wasn’t successful in recent tournaments like SKADE as they failed to reach the final stage at any they participated in the last few weeks. They qualified for the playoffs at the Cyber.Bet Golden League 2020, but it wasn’t easy. The Finnish team lost to SKADE in the opening round and then beat Apeks and ALTERNATE aTTaX, but following a loss to Izako Boars, SJ needed to defeat AGF, which they managed to do. SJ lost ten of the last 16 games.
In the previous three months, SJ won the only appearance on Vertigo and played well on Mirage (64.3%), while they disappointed on Train (14.3%). SJ will enter this game with a new lineup, but at the moment, we don’t know the name of one fresh face in their squad. We do know the following players, though: KHRN (1.00), arvid (0.99), jemi (1.07), and LYNXi (0.96).
SKADE vs. SJ H2H Record
These rivals have met on four occasions before, and SKADE is leading the all-time series 3-1. SKADE won the most recent H2H duel at the Nine to Five 6 a week ago.
SKADE vs. SJ Betting Preview
SKADE is a better-ranked team and in better form at the moment. They also beat SJ a week ago and didn’t allow more than ten rounds per map along the way, so I expect to see a similar scenario in this one. Maybe SJ can get more than ten rounds per map, but I seriously doubt they can win an entire map, let alone make a surprise and beat SKADE. I am backing the favorites to secure a 2-0 victory.
The Pick: SKADE -1.5 (+103 @GG.BET)
