ENCE vs. Sprout Preview & Prediction- Free 3/20 CS: GO

ENCE and Sprout will cross paths at the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 tournament this Sunday. There are 24 teams in this tournament battling it out for an EPL Pro League title. The prize pool of this tournament adds up to $823,000 and the winner will be awarded $175,000. The Group Stage is composed of four groups of six teams playing in a round-robin format with the best-of-three series.

ENCE Team Stats and Latest Results

ENCE is ranked #15 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 52 weeks. At the group stage of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15, they have won all their first 3 matches and are 2nd in Group B. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 13-16th at the IEM Winter 2021, 13-16th at the IEM Katowice 2022, 2nd at the Pinnacle Winter Series 2, and 3-4th at the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021. The team has attained a win rate of 61.5% and won 6 out of their last 10 games.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show that their best-played maps are Dust2 (100.0%), Nuke (75.0%), Mirage (70.0%), and Overpass (57.1%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Ancient (20.0%) and Vertigo (0.0%). Their line-up consists of dycha (1.10 player rating), hades (1.12), Snappi (0.99), Spinx (1.13), and Maden (1.00).

Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results

Sprout is ranked #30 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 14 weeks. At the group stage of the ESL Pro League Season 15, the team has lost all their matches and is at the rock-bottom of Group B. Their last achievement was 9th place in the Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 tournament, which finished on March 06 and received $ 2,000. At the same time, they finished 3rd at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 3 and 9-12th at the Thunderpick Bitcoin Series 2022. They won 5 out of their last 10 matches and have a win rate of 55.6%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows an impressive win rate on Dust2 (70.0%), Overpass (66.7%), and Vertigo (63.6%). They managed an average performance on Ancient (50.0%) and Mirage (50.0%) but failed to impress on Inferno (25.0%) and Nuke (25.0%). The team’s line-up consists of Spiidi (1.02 player rating), slaxz- (1.12), raalz (0.97), Staehr (0.97), and Marix (0.99).

ENCE vs. Sprout H2H Record

Head-to-head shows 6 meetings between the opponents and the advantage of these encounters goes to ENCE who has won 5 times, including their last H2H meeting at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe in October 2021. Sprout won once.

ENCE vs. Sprout Betting Preview

ENCE won their last 3 matches while Sprout lost their last 3 matches. Additionally, ENCE has shown better performance on the maps, has a better win rate, and has won more matches recently than Sprout. We are predicting a win for ENCE in this upcoming matchup but we expect Sprout to snatch one map.

The Pick: ENCE to win/ Over 2.5 maps.