00Nation vs. 777, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/19 CS: GO

After winning all their matches at stage 1, 777 will meet the 00Nation team who has been invited to join the tournament at the second stage. 00Nation is the favourite to progress to the quarter-finals of the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 2.

00Nation Team Stats and Latest Results

00Nation Team is ranked 43rd on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 47 weeks. The Brazilian team recently finished 3-4th at the Nordic Masters Fall 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier after winning 2 out of their 4 matches. At the same time, they are part of the ongoing Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 3 where they have defeated LDLC twice but lost to AGO. Out of their last 7 matches, they have won 4 matches and have a win rate of 57.1%.

Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (100.0%) and Ancient (100.0%). They managed an average win rate on Mirage (50.0%) and Inferno (50.0%) but lost all their matches on Nuke (0.0%). Their line-up consists of kNgV- (1.06), HEN1 (1.11), LUCAS1 (1.05), leo_drk (1.08), and vsm (0.87).

777 Team Stats and Latest Results

777 Team is ranked 60th on the world ranking. They have advanced to the second stage after defeating EC Kyiv (2-0) and ONYX (2-0) at stage 1 of the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 2. Meanwhile, they finished 9-11th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 1 Regionals, 5-6th at the Nordic Masters Fall 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier and 3-5th at the Elisa Invitational Fall 2021 Regionals. When we consider their last 8 matches, they have won 5 matches and have a win rate of 56.5%.

Map stats over the last 3 months indicates that the Norwegian team has been improving on Mirage (70.0%), Ancient (66.7%), Nuke (60.0%), and Overpass (57.1%). On the other side, they failed to show a decent win rate on Dust2 (42.9%), Vertigo (25.0%), and Inferno (0.0%). The team line-up consists of akez (1.00), H4RR3 (1.16), Marcelious (1.08), mikki (1.01), and Ruyter (0.98).

00Nation vs. 777 H2H Record

00Nation and 777 have never met in any tournament and this will be their first head-to-head encounter.

00Nation vs. 777 Betting Preview

Most sportsbooks have projected 00Nation to win this match but we expect an interesting encounter when they clash this Sunday. Even though 00Nation has a better ranking on the world rankings, we cannot overlook the 777 team’s potential in this tournament. 777 leads on Mirage, Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient while 00Nation has a better win rate on Dust2 and Inferno. We believe this match can go either way so we will avoid predicting the winner and go for over 2.5 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.