Eternal Fire vs. fnatic, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/16 CS: GO

Both teams were dropped from the Upper Bracket-Opening round and have another chance to play for a spot at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe. In this match, fnatic is the favourite to win.

Eternal Fire Team Stats and Latest Results

Eternal Fire is ranked 89th on the world ranking. At the ongoing IEM Fall 2021 Europe Closed Qualifier, they lost to Movistar Riders (0-2) and were dropped to the lower bracket for another chance at the upcoming IEM Fall 2021 Europe. At the same time, they are part of the ongoing Malta Vibes Knockout Series 2 where they have progressed to Stage 1-round of 16. They won the ESA Supremes Vestel Cup 2021 in August. Considering their last 8 matches, they have won 3 matches and lost 5. Their win rate stands at 54.5%.

Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (85.7%) and Inferno (57.1%). They attained an average win rate on Vertigo (50.0%) but failed to impress on Mirage (0.0%), and Nuke (0.0%). They have a relatively new line-up that has played in 21 maps that consists of XANTARES (1.34), woxic (1.12), Calyx (1.00), ISSAA (1.17), and imoRR (1.06).

Fnatic Team Stats and Latest Results

Fnatic Team is ranked 22 on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 23 weeks. They were the favourite side when they played Sinners at the upper bracket-opening round of the IEM Fall 2021 Europe Closed Qualifier but Sinners were more prepared on Vertigo (16:11) and Nuke (16: 12). They lost this match after taking the first card (Overpass 16:7). Meanwhile, they finished 9-12th at the ESL Pro League Season 14 and 5-6th at the Nordic Masters Fall 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier. Considering their performance over the last 8 matches, they won 3 matches and had a win rate of 40.0%.

Map performance over the last 3 months indicates that the team has displayed a decent performance on Overpass (75.0%) and attained an average win rate on Inferno (50.0%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Nuke (42.9%), Mirage (33.3%), Dust2 (0.0%), and Vertigo (0.0%). The team line-up consists of KRIMZ (1.07), ALEX (0.92), Brollan (1.10), Jackinho (0.98), and mezii (1.07).

Eternal Fire vs. fnatic H2H Record

Both teams have never met in any tournament and this will be their first head-to-head encounter.

Eternal Fire vs. fnatic Betting Preview

Both teams are meeting when in deplorable form. Eternal Fire has won 1 match out of their last 4 matches while fnatic lost all their last 4 matches. But when we consider their performance at the upper bracket of the IEM Fall 2021 Europe Closed Qualifier, fnatic managed to snatch one map against Sinners but Eternal Fire lost (2-0) against Movistar Riders. For this reason, we believe fnatic will bounce back and book a spot at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe.

The Pick: fnatic to win.