Spirit Academy vs. Finest, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/17 CS: GO

The battle for the 2 spots at the European Development Championship 5 continues this Saturday when Spirit Academy and Finest play at the quarter-finals.

Spirit Academy Team Stats and Latest Results

Spirit Academy is ranked 63rd on the global ranking. They got a CIS Invite to the European Development Championship 5 Closed Qualifier where they have played and defeated AURA (2:1). Considering their performances at the last tournaments, they managed to win Ghetto eGames Cup 3 in April and were second best at both the BLAST Rising 2021 and ESEA Summer 2021 Cash Cup 2 Europe. In the last 8 matches, they have won 5 matches and lost 3. They have a win rate of 62.5%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%), Dust2 (75.0%), Inferno (66.7%), Train (60.0%), Mirage (55.6%), and Nuke (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Overpass (25.0%). Spirit Academy has maintained one lineup since March that includes s1ren (1.04), Patsi (1.19), znx (1.18), T4RG3T (0.97), and zont1x (1.06).

Finest Team Stats and Latest Results

Finest was recently revamped and 4 new players were introduced to help improve their performance. For this reason, this European team is yet to be ranked globally. At the European Development Championship 5, they played TPT at the round of 16 and won 2:0. Considering other events, they finished 9-12th at the ESEA Advanced Season 36 Europe and came second at the ESEA Summer 2021 Cash Cup 1 Europe. Out of their last 8 matches, Finest won 3 matches and lost 5. Their win rate stands at 40.0%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months show that the team has shown an exceptional performance on Dust2 (100.0%) and Nuke (100.0%. Their lineup consists of fejtZ (1.05), morelz (1.23), anarkez (1.54), phr (1.17), and mar (1.18).

Spirit Academy vs. Finest H2H Record

There is no head-to-head stat between Spirit Academy and Finest.

Spirit Academy vs. Finest Betting Preview

In this matchup, Spirit Academy has been projected as the winner by most bookies. Nevertheless, we believe Finest will win because they have a quality lineup compared to Spirit Academy. The player with the lowest rating in Finest team is fejtZ (1.05). This lineup played TPT and took 2 maps.

The Pick: Finest to win