Winstrike vs. Apeks, Preview & Prediction - Free 2/2 CS:GO

Winstrike is a massive favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they take on Apeks in the Group A opening match of the ESEA Premier Season 36 Europe on Tuesday. Alongside these two teams, there are six more in the group, and four of them will progress to the playoffs.

Winstrike Team Stats and Latest Results

Winstrike ended 2020 with a title and $11,000 of prize money at the Dell Gaming League 2020 thanks to wins over Galaxy Racer fe, BEZ ZP, and ex-ETHEREAL. They also displayed decent performances at the Vulkan Fight Series 2020, but lost to the eventual winners Gambit and finished in 5th place. Winstrike defeated PACT in the opening game of the Snow Sweet Snow 1, even though they lost the first map. Winstrike won 13 of the previous 16 matches.

During the last three months, Winstrike played very well on Nuke (72.2% win rate), Mirage (69.2%), and Dust2 (66.7%), while their “weakest” displays came on Train (53.3%). Winstrike is playing with the current lineup since January 2021 and appeared on 21 maps with a record of 14 wins and seven losses. The team members are NickelBack (1.10 rating), Krad (1.09), Lack1 (1.09), El1an (1.27), and Forester (1.04).

Apeks Team Stats and Latest Results

Apeks took a lengthy break from the CS:GO circus as they didn’t play a single match since December 10 and a 2-0 loss to Heretics at the MIDNITE Nine to Five 7. They dropped to the 178th position in the rankings, and now they have plans to return to the top 50, but they will need to show some good displays at this tournament. Apeks lost six of the last 11 games.

In the previous three months, Apeks was decent on Vertigo (62.5%), Mirage (60.0%), and Overpass (60.0%), while they failed to impress on Train (20.0%) and Inferno (33.3%). Apeks will be playing with a new lineup here after adding three fresh faces. The lineup is made of dennis (1.06), FREDDyFROG (1.12), Relaxa (1.12), kreaz (0.97), and Grusarn (0.98).

Winstrike vs. Apeks H2H Record

These rivals have never met before.

Winstrike vs. Apeks Betting Preview

Winstrike is in fine form, while El1an is red-hot at the moment, and I am backing him to dominate this one. Apeks has been away from the CS:GO tour for so long, and I think they will need more time to adapt to a new lineup, so this game will be something like training for them. The training which they’ll lose 2-0. I am going with Winstrike to secure a comfortable victory.

The Pick: Winstrike -1.5 (-123 @GG.BET)