bankaPEPSI vs. Akuma, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/06 CS: GO
Akuma seems favorite to progress to the upper finals of the ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe tournament. Nevertheless, we cannot overwrite bankaPEPSI because they defeated SKADE which was projected to be the favorite in this tournament. The loser of this match will be dropped to the lower bracket.
bankaPEPSI Team Stats and Latest Results
bankaPEPSI is ranked 74th on the global ranking. At the ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe tournament, they won their first match (2-1) when they played SKADE. SKADE took the first card (Ancient 16:13) but they bounced back to take Overpass (19:17) and Dust2 (16:5). At the upper quarters, they also defeated EC Kyiv (2-1). They finished 1-4th at the EPIC League CIS 2021 Open Qualifier 1 in May and 3-4th at the StarLadder CIS RMR 2021 Open Qualifier 2. In the last 8 matches, the Russian team won 4 matches and lost 4. They have a win rate of 50.0%.
Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Overpass (100.0%) and Ancient (66.7%). On the other hand, they registered an average performance on Dust2 (50.0%), Nuke (50.0%), and Train (50.0%) but failed to impress on Inferno (33.3%) and Vertigo (0.0%). They have a relatively new lineup that has featured in 31 maps. The team includes facecrack (1.01), kalinka (0.96), xsepower (1.19), ProbLeM (0.97), and JIaYm (1.08).
Akuma Team Stats and Latest Results
Akuma is ranked 23rd on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 6 weeks. The team was formed 2 months ago and has been involved in 4 tournaments. At the EPIC League CIS 2021, they finished thirds and were awarded $6,000 plus 1400 RMR points. They were also part of the NumberOne Season 2 Cup 2 where they defeated GROND at the grand final to take the top prize of $3,046. The Ukrainian teams also finished 5-8th at the European Development Championship 4 and 9-10th at the StarLadder CIS RMR 2021. They have won 3 out of their last 8 matches and hold a win rate of 57.1%.
Map win statistics in the last 3 months show that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (85.7%), Mirage (66.7%), and Inferno (66.7%). On the other side, they registered an average performance on Train (50.0%) and below-average win rate on Vertigo (42.9%), Nuke (25.0%), and Overpass (25.0%). The lineup is relatively new and consists of Sergiz (1.00), Psycho (0.97), SENSEi (1.27), DemQQ (1.06), and j3kie (0.95).
bankaPEPSI vs. Akuma H2H Record
bankaPEPSI and Akuma have met on 3 occasions but in the previous matches, bankaPEPSI was under the name HellRaisers. In these encounters, HellRaisers won all matches.
bankaPEPSI vs. Akuma Betting Preview
Both teams seem to be back on track after a deplorable performance. Akuma has won two consecutive matches after losing 5 matches in a row. bankaPEPSI on the other hand managed a win after 3 consecutive losses. Considering the map stats, Akuma leads on Dust2, Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, and Vertigo. bankaPEPSI has a better win rate on Nuke and Ancient but lost all their previous matches on Vertigo. Besides, Akuma has lost only 1 map at this tournament when they met Ambush at the opening round of the upper bracket.
The Pick: Akuma to win
