Sprout vs. AGF Preview & Prediction- Free 2/09 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the group stage of the ongoing Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 tournament this Wednesday. By this time, both sides have won 2 out of their 3 matches at the group stage. The winner of this duel will progress to the playoffs while the loser will be eliminated. The group stage is played in a Swiss Bo3 format.

Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results

Sprout is ranked 20th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 9 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 tournament, the European team has so far defeated Finest (2:0) and Dignitas (2:0) but lost to Eternal Fire (0:2). This means that they are 1 win away from progressing to the playoffs. Considering their performance in past events, they won the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe in December and finished 9-12th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1. The team is also part of the ongoing Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022 tournament and has won 1 out of their 2 matches. Their win rate currently stands at 75.0% and has won 5 out of their last 8 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (84.6%), Ancient (77.8%), Inferno (76.5%), Overpass (66.7%), Vertigo (62.5%), and Mirage (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Nuke (33.3%). The team has a line-up that consists of Spiidi (1.03), slaxz- (1.11), raalz (0.98), Staehr (1.00), and Marix (1.07).

AGF Team Stats and Latest Results

AGF is currently unranked in the world ranking. The Danish team was invited to the ongoing Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 tournament based on their performance at the Regionals. By the third round of the group stage, AGF have defeated Entropiq (2:0) and BLINK (1:0) but lost to ECSTATIC (1:2). Considering their performance in past events, they finished 6-8th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 3 Regionals, 9-16th at the ESL Challenger Anaheim 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 2 and 5-6th at the POWER Ligaen Season 18 Finals tournament. The team has attained a win rate of 42.1% in the last 3 months and won 3 out of their last 8 matches.

The team’s best-played maps include Inferno (58%), Nuke (51%), and Vertigo (58%) while their worst played maps are Dust2 (33%), Overpass (34%), Mirage (18%), Train (25%), and Ancient (10%). Their roster consists of Kristou (0.97), cajunb (1.07), Buzz (1.01), Nodios (1.05), and Cabbi (0.94).

Sprout vs. AGF H2H Record

The opponents have never crossed paths in any tournament and this will be their first H2H encounter.

Sprout vs. AGF Betting Preview

The winner of this duel will progress to the playoffs while the loser will exit the tournament and this means it is a tough matchup. But based on the available stats, Sprout is the better side and will win. The European team won 5 out of their last 8 games while AGF only managed 3 wins after playing their last 8 matches. At the same time, Sprout has impressive stats on the maps and leads in 5 maps while AGF has shown better performance in only 2 cards. Therefore, we are predicting a win for Sprout.

The Pick: Sprout to win.