Spirit Academy vs. South, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/12 CS: GO

Spirit Academy and South will play at the Round of 32. In this tournament, the top 8 teams of Stage 1 will advance to Stage 2. The winner of Stage 2 Grand final takes $16,000.

Spirit Academy Team Stats and Latest Results

Spirit Academy is ranked 78th on the world ranking. The Russian team won the EVOLSTAR CIS Cup 2021 in July and was awarded $1,500. At the same time, they finished second at the IronWar 2021, and 5-8th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 3 Closed Qualifier. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 3 matches and lost 5. Their win rate stands at 54.5%.

Map win rate over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (75.0%), Inferno (66.7%), and Overpass (66.7%). Nevertheless, they failed to impress on Mirage (47.1%), Vertigo (41.7%), and Nuke (30.0%). Their line-up consists of Patsi (1.19), s1ren (1.05), znx (1.12), zont1x (1.05), and Donk (0.99).

South Team Stats and Latest Results

South Team is ranked 103rd on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 3 weeks. The Danish team has participated in different tourneys and attained different results. They finished 5-8th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 3 Closed Qualifier, 3-4th at the V4 Future Sports Festival 2021 Open Qualifier, and 5-8th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe Open Qualifier 4. Out of their last 7 matches, they won 4 matches and had a win rate of 57.1%.

Considering map performance over the last 3 months, the team has been impressive on Dust2 (100.0%), Mirage (100.0%), and Nuke (100.0%). They attained an average win rate on Inferno (50.0%) but failed to achieve an above-average win rate on Overpass (33.3%) and Vertigo (0.0%). The team line-up includes TENZKI (1.04), MSL (0.91), aizy (1.18), JUGi (1.13), and Fessor (1.14).

Spirit Academy vs. South H2H Record

Both teams have never met in any tournament and this will be their first head-to-head meeting.

Spirit Academy vs. South Betting Preview

Even though Spirit Academy lost their last 2 matches, they have displayed an impressive performance on Dust2, Inferno, and Overpass. At the same time, they have a better ranking compared to South. Meanwhile, South Team hasn’t won any tournament and this makes the Russian team the better side to win.

The Pick: Spirit Academy to win.