ex-8Ballers vs. DGG Esports Preview & Prediction- Free 4/16 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the semi-final of the LPL Pro League Season 10 tournament this Saturday. The LPL Pro League is an online CSGO tournament featuring teams in the Oceania region and a prize pool of $7,217. This is the third stage (playoffs) of the tournament and is played the single-elimination best-of-three series, except for the Grand final which is a best-of-five.

ex-8Ballers Team Stats and Latest Results

ex-8Ballers is ranked #137 in the world ranking. The team finished 4th at the LPL Pro League Season 9 and was awarded $620 plus a spot in the 10th season. So far, the team has defeated Bandits (2:1) and Antic (2:1) both in the upper bracket. The team is also part of the ongoing ESL Australia & NZ Championship Season 14 and has won all their first 2 matches. Since the beginning of the year, the team has played 4 games and won all of them.

Map performance over the past 3 months shows an impressive performance on Dust2 (100.0%), Mirage (100.0%), Inferno (66.7%), and Vertigo (66.7%). The line-up consists of Prodigy (1.08 player rating), bogeymanh (1.26), Mr Shark (1.14), Kobe (1.17), and Shoey (0.98).

DGG Esports Team Stats and Latest Results

DGG Esports is ranked #129 in the world ranking. At the ongoing LPL Pro League Season 10, the team was part of the group stage where they won all their first 2 matches and advanced to the second stage. In the second stage, they defeated ex-FURY (2:0) and 1620 Kings (2:1). Considering their performance in past events, they finished 5-6th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Asia RMR Oceania Open Qualifier. The team is also part of the ESL Australia & NZ Championship Season 14 and has won 3 out of their 4 matches. Meanwhile, they hold a win rate of 66.7% and won 6 out of their last 10 games.

Map win statistics in the past 3 months show a decent performance on Ancient (100.0%), Inferno (85.7%), and Mirage (66.7%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Nuke (50.0%), Vertigo (50.0%), and Dust2 (33.3%). The team has a line-up that includes zeph (1.20 player rating), yourwombat (0.97), mizzy (1.10), gump (1.14), and versa (1.18).

ex-8Ballers vs. DGG H2H Record

Teams had no previous encounters and this will be their first H2H encounter.

ex-8Ballers vs. DGG Betting Preview

ex-8Ballers won their last 4 matches while DGG Esports is coming to this matchup on a 2-match win streak. A comparison of their performance on the maps shows that ex-8Ballers leads in 2 maps while DGG Esports has an advantage on 3 cards. Based on these stats, we are predicting a win for DGG Esports but ex-8Ballers will snatch one of the cards.

The Pick: DGG Esports to win/ Over 2.5 maps.