8Ballers vs. VERTEX ESC Preview & Prediction - Free 11/06 CS: GO

Favourites VERTEX ESC cross paths with 8Ballers at the Semi-final Bo3 at the ongoing 2021 LPL Pro League Season 3 tournament. The winner of this match will advance to the final while the loser will be eliminated from the tournament.

8Ballers Team Stats and Latest Results

8Ballers Team is ranked #229 in the CQ.RANK and has a CQ.SCORE of 1392. The team is coming from the 2021 Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI Fall Oceania tournament where they were eliminated by VERTEX (2-0) at the Closed Qualifier (LB Cons. Final). Since the year started, they have played 19 matches and have an all-time win rate of 42.11%. The team also has a 3-match win streak and won 5 out of their last 10 matches.

Map performance shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (66% win rate) but failed to show a decent performance on Nuke (40%), Inferno (50%), Overpass (50%), Ancient (33%), and Dust2 (50%). The team has a line-up that consists of Prodigy (50.00%), bogeymanh (42.11%), Kobe (42.11%), Shoey (42.11%), and JoolzCheat (42.11%).

VERTEX ESC Team Stats and Latest Results

VERTEX ESC is ranked #68 in the CQ.RANK and has a CQ.SCORE of 1583. The team was part of the 2021 Intel Extreme Masters Season XVI Fall Oceania and finished 3rd. At the 2021 EPIC Oceania League Spring, the team was eliminated at the LB Semi-final by DW. Since the beginning of the year, the team has played 68 matches and holds an overall win rate of 50.00%. Last month, the team played 11 games, won 5 of them to move 33 positions in the world ranking.

Map performance shows that the team has been strongest on Overpass (55%), Mirage (57%), Inferno (59%), Vertigo (66%), and Ancient (60%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Nuke (50%) and Dust2 (38%). The line-up consists of apocdud (50.00%), Roflko (50.00%), BRACE (50.00%), pz (50.00%), and addict (50.00%).

8Ballers vs. VERTEX ESC H2H Record

Head-to-head statistics show 5 meetings between the opponents. 8Ballers won in 3 encounters while VERTEX ESC have 2 wins.

8Ballers vs. VERTEX ESC Betting Preview

8Ballers is undoubtedly the underdog here, but there's no doubt in my mind that they'll snatch 1 map from their opponent. VERTEX ESC has a better overall win rate, better roster, and has displayed an excellent performance on the maps.

The Pick: VERTEX ESC to win.