Evil Geniuses vs. Spirit, Preview, & Prediction - Free 6/03 CS: GO

Brace for an interesting clash between two in-form teams as they meet in IEM Summer 2021. Spirit is a favorite in the opening round of Group B as they clash with Evil Geniuses this Thursday.

Evil Geniuses Team Stats and Latest Results

Evil Geniuses joins IEM Summer 2021 after finishing 7-8th at cs_summit 8 where they won $2,000 and 950 RMR Points. At FunSpark ULTI 2020 Europe Final, they also finished 7-8th and bagged $5,000. On the global rankings, Evil Geniuses hasn’t had an impressive performance because they were at position 16 early this year but has since dropped to #38. During the last 8 matches, they have only won 1 match. They lost 7 matches. This displayed their cold form at the moment and causes doubt on their success at the tournament.

Because of their poor performance during the last 10 matches, it is evident that their maps win statistics are not also impressive. They managed Train (50.0%), Vertigo (40.0%), Inferno (33.3%), and Nuke (20.0%). There was nothing on Overpass, Dust2, and Mirage. Their current lineup consists of MICHU (1.01), Stanislaw (0.84), Brehze (1.09), CeRq (0.97), and oBo (1.08).

Spirit Team Stats and Latest Results

Spirit Team showed significant improvement this year after moving from position #19 to #14. They also have good statistics after finishing fourth at the EPIC League CIS 2021 where they earned $3,000 and 1300 RMR points. They finished DreamHack Masters Spring 2021 at 9-12th earning $5,000. At the Spring Sweet Spring 1, Spirit finished 5-8th and was awarded $4,000. Based on these stats, there is no doubt that Spirit Team will show a good match and is definitely the team to beat.

Spirit has shown excellent performance on Dust2 (84.6%), Overpass (83.3%), and Inferno (60.0%). On the other hand, they haven’t been decent on Mirage (42.9%), Nuke (42.9%), and Train (40.0%). Spirit is playing with a relatively mixed lineup; both old and new players. The squad members are chopper (1.04), mir (1.19), sdy (1.11), degster (1.20), and magixx (1.07).

Evil Geniuses vs. Spirit H2H Record

Both teams have never met and this will be the first encounter.

Evil Geniuses vs. Spirit Betting Preview

Both teams aim to progress to the semi-finals and even win the top prize of $100,000. This is a prize that no team can show a weak performance so it won’t be an easy game for either Evil Geniuses or Spirit. However, Spirit is in excellent form and will win the match but I also expect an over 2.5 map.

The Pick: Spirit to win/Over 2.5