Team NKT vs Rare Atom Preview & Prediction- Free 5/17 CS: GO

The rivals will cross paths at the group stage (Group B) in the 2022 ESL Challenger League Season 41 Asia-Pacific tournament this Tuesday. The 2022 ESL Challenger League Season 41 Asia-Pacific is an online CS: GO league powered by ESEA which also provides a prize pool of $50,000. The regular season format is played on a two-round-robin, best-of-three series.

Team NKT Stats and Latest Results

Team NKT is ranked #58 in the CQ-Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ranking and has a CQ.Score of 1591. At the regular season of the ongoing ESL APAC tournament, the team has played 1 match and won. They defeated Clutch Gaming with a score of 2:0. The team finished 2nd at the ARD MESA League Season 2 Finals, 5-6th at the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Asia-Pacific, and 5-8th at the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022 Europe. The Indonesian team has won 7 out of their last 10 matches and has a win rate of 50.0% (over the past 3 months).

Map win statistics over the past 3 months show a decent win rate on Vertigo (100.0%) and Overpass (100.0%). On the other side, the team failed to impress on Mirage (50.0%), Inferno (42.9%), Nuke (33.3%), and Dust2 (25.0%). The team has a line-up that includes XigN (1.09 player rating), ImpressioN (1.02), dobu (1.17), Kntz (0.99), and Annihilation (0.90).

Rare Atom Team Stats and Latest Results

Rare Atom is ranked #43 in the CQ-Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ranking and has a CQ.Score of 1631. The Chinese team is currently on a 6-match win streak and managed a win rate of 73.3% over the past 3 months. Considering the team’s performance in past events, they finished 2nd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Asia RMR Asia Open Qualifier, 2nd at the Perfect World Arena Premier League Season 1, and won the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Asia-Pacific. They won 8 out of its last 10 games.

Map win statistics over the last 3 months show an impressive win rate on Nuke (80.0%), Inferno (75.0%), Mirage (66.7%), and Overpass (66.7%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Ancient (40.0%), and Vertigo (0.0%). RA has maintained its current roster for the past 2 months which includes advent (0.92 player rating), aumaN (1.01), Kaze (1.25), JamYoung (1.20), and Mercury (1.18).

Team NKT vs Rare Atom H2H Record

Teams had no previous encounters and this will be their first H2H meeting.

Team NKT vs Rare Atom Betting Preview

We are predicting a win for Rare Atom in this coming matchup. At the moment, Rare Atom has a 6-match win streak, has a better win rate, and has shown a better performance on the maps. Besides, Rare Atom has a better position in the CQ-Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Ranking.

The Pick: Rare Atom to win.

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