Sprout vs. BLINK Preview & Prediction - Free 11/09 CS: GO
The opponents will cross paths at the group stage of the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe this Tuesday. There are 18 teams and only 8 will advance to the playoffs. The winner of this tournament will take $20,000 plus a spot at the ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference.
Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results
Sprout Team is ranked 63rd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 20 weeks. The German team seems to be on the downswing because they have attained a 36.0% win rate over the last 3 months. At the same time, they lost all their last 8 matches. Considering their performance in previous events, the team finished 3-4th at the Fantasyexpo EU Champions Fall 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier. Sprout lost all matches at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe and finished 7-8th at the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team displayed a decent performance on Ancient (55.6%) and Dust2 (54.5%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent win rate on Inferno (42.9%), Nuke (33.3%), Mirage (25.0%), and Vertigo (22.2%). The team has a roster that includes raalz (1.04 player rating), Spiidi (1.02), faveN (1.12), slaxz- (1.08), and KEi (1.14).
BLINK Team Stats and Latest Results
BLINK is ranked 37th in the world ranking. They have been invited to the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe after finishing third at the Premier S38. The Albanian team has also displayed an impressive performance in their previous tournaments. They finished 2nd at the Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 Finals, 1-4th at the Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2, and won both ESEA Autumn 2021 Cash Cup 3 Europe and ESEA Autumn 2021 Cash Cup 4 Europe. In the last 8 matches, the team won 6 matches and holds a win rate of 73.3%.
Map win rate over the last 3 months shows that the opponents have been impressive on Mirage (87.5%), Inferno (62.5%), Ancient (60.0%), Overpass (58.3%), and Vertigo (58.3%). On the flip-side, the team failed to show a good performance on Dust2 (50.0%). Their line-up includes rigoN (1.16), SENER1 (0.98), juanflatroo (1.13), sinnopsyy (1.05), and gxx- (1.09).
Sprout vs. BLINK H2H Record
There is only 1 head-to-head record between the opponents. They clashed at the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe and Sprout won 2-1.
Sprout vs. BLINK Betting Preview
Sprout is currently on a downswing because they lost their last 8 matches. On the other hand, BLINK has won 6 out of their last 8 matches and has an impressive 4-match win streak! When we consider these teams' performance across all maps over the last 3 months, it's clear that there are some strong differences between them: Sprouts team leads only in 2 maps while Sprout has a better performance on Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, Vertigo, and Ancient. Hence, we believe BLINK will win this matchup.
The Pick: BLINK to win.
