Akuma vs. DBL PONEY, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/21 CS: GO

The opponents will play their 6th round of the group stage this Tuesday. DBL PONEY has won 4 out of their 5 matches while Akuma has won 2 matches and lost 3. In this matchup, we expect more than 2 maps.

Akuma Team Stats and Latest Results

Akuma Team is ranked 47th on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 12 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe, they have won 2 out of their 5 matches. They defeated SAW (2-1) and Enterprise (2-1) but lost to Apeks (0-2), Sprout (0-2), and Sangal (1-2). At the same time, they won the previous ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe and were awarded $7,000. The Ukrainian team finished second at the V4 Future Sports Festival 2021 Open Qualifier and 1-4th at the IEM Fall 2021 CIS Closed Qualifier. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 4 matches and have a win rate of 47.8%.

Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent performance on Dust2 (57.1%) but attained an average performance on Inferno (50.0%), Vertigo (50.0%), and Overpass (50.0%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Nuke (37.5%) and Mirage (25.0%). The team line-up consists of Sergiz (0.97), Psycho (0.99), SENSEi (1.25), DemQQ (1.09), and j3kie (0.99).

DBL PONEY Team Stats and Latest Results

DBL PONEY is ranked 29th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 10 weeks. They have won 4 out of their 5 matches at the group stage of the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe. They won the Fantasyexpo EU Champions Fall 2021 France Closed Qualifier in August and finished second at the previous ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe. Out of their last 8 matches, they won 6 matches and lost 2. Their win rate consists of 65.7%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Ancient (75.0%), Vertigo (73.7%), Inferno (66.7%), Dust2 (64.7%), and Nuke (64.3%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Overpass (38.5%). Their line-up includes bodyy (1.09), Lucky (1.11), Djoko (1.06), Ex3rcice (1.03), and afro (1.11).

Akuma vs. DBL PONEY H2H Record

Head-to-head record has 2 meetings between the opponents and both sides have won in 1 match. The last meeting was at the grand final of the ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe and Akuma won 3:2.

Akuma vs. DBL PONEY Betting Preview

This is a tough match and can go either way. The opponents clashed at the finals of the ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe and Akuma won 3:2. Even though Akuma has won 2 out of their 5 rounds, we tend to believe they still have a chance to progress to the playoffs. DBL PONEY has a 3-match win streak while Akuma won their last match. In this matchup, we will avoid predicting the winner and go for over 2.5 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.