Checkmate vs. After, Preview & Prediction - Free 10/4 CS:GO
Checkmate needs a win on Sunday in order to secure their place in the playoffs at the Perfect World Asia League Fall 2020, while even a victory for After wouldn’t guarantee them the top 6 finish. We’re going to have an exciting Best of 3 matchup.
Checkmate Team Stats and Latest Results
Checkmate opened this tournament with a pair of victories over HZ and TIGER, but they suffered a couple of defeats to TYLOO and ZIGMA to drop to a 3-4 record. However, they bounced back with a surprising 2-0 win over the favored ViCi and now have a chance to book their playoff ticket with another win over After on Sunday. Checkmate won six of the previous 11 matches.
When it comes to the maps in the last three months, Checkmate displayed fine performances on Inferno (61.5% win rate), but that is the only map on which they have above 50.0% record. On the other hand, they are below average on Dust2 (42.9%) and Mirage (20.0%). Checkmate is playing with the current lineup since September 2020, and they have a record of ten wins and 11 losses on 21 maps so far. The lineup consists of H4wK (0.97 rating), kaz (1.05), ROUX (0.97), bLitz (1.09), and Techno (0.96).
After Team Stats and Latest Results
After lost the latest match to Beyond on three maps and put themselves in a tough position for the playoffs as they now have a 3-5 record. Even if After wins on Sunday, they could miss out on the playoffs because of a poor round difference (-37). After won five of the last ten games.
In the previous three months, After was unbeaten on Dust2, but played only once on that map, while they were excellent on Inferno (80.0%). They failed to impress on Train (33.3%) and Nuke (25.0%). After’s lineup was also assembled in September and played on 23 maps with a record of 12 wins and 11 losses. The team members are Marek (1.01), 0i (0.97), B1NGO (1.02), WANGJ (1.05), and Sakai (0.91).
Checkmate vs. After H2H Record
These rivals have never met before.
Checkmate vs. After Betting Preview
Technically, Checkmate needs to win one map in this encounter as even a defeat here could get them into the playoffs, but they will certainly not calculate and will go for the victory. After has to go all-in on Sunday, which makes this game pretty hard for prediction. I am not going to bet on the winner because all of this, and I am going to back Over 2.5 maps as I expect to see an interesting tilt with a lot of rounds.
