FATE vs. Nexus, Preview & Prediction - Free 11/9 CS:GO

Nexus is a favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they face FATE in the Upper bracket quarter-final of the OGA Counter PIT by AMD and Sapphire Season 8 on Monday. The winner of this tilt will meet a better side from the clash between Espada and AGO.

FATE Team Stats and Latest Results

Despite three wins in the last four games at the ESEA MDL Season 35 Europe, FATE failed to qualify for the playoffs after finishing the league stage with 21 points from 17 matches and actually suffered relegation. They also lost both games to Spirit and Endpoint without winning a map at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe Closed Qualifier. FATE lost nine of the previous 12 matches.

When it comes to the maps in the last three months, FATE was above average on Overpass (57.1% win rate), while they failed to impress on Dust2 (30.0%), Vertigo (38.5%), and Train (39.3%). FATE will play with a new lineup in this game, and at the moment, we don’t know which five players will appear against Nexus. We do know the names of four players, though: niki1 (0.94 rating), mar (1.08), Patrick (0.99), and h4rn (1.10).

Nexus Team Stats and Latest Results

With two clutch victories over Wisla Krakow and FATE, Nexus managed to squeeze into the playoffs at the ESEA MDL Season 35 Europe as they ended the league phase with 27 points from 17 matches. However, they lost three of the next four games, including the most recent one to Sinners at the DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 Europe Open Qualifier. Nexus lost 11 of the last 15 games.

During the past three months, Nexus was decent on Mirage (63.2%) and Inferno (56.2%), while they didn’t taste a victory on Overpass (played three times) and didn’t impress on Nuke (37.5%). Since September this year, Nexus is playing with the current lineup that appeared on 59 maps with a record of 30 wins and 29 losses. The lineup is made of BTN (0.86), SEMINTE (0.93), XELLOW (1.16), iM (1.15), and raga (0.93).

FATE vs. Nexus H2H Record

These rivals have met on two occasions so far, and Nexus won both duels, including the latest aforementioned one at the ESEA MDL Season 35 Europe.

FATE vs. Nexus Betting Preview

While I am not impressed with the respective forms of these rivals, I am going with Nexus to win because of their positive H2H record and the fact that they already beat FATE ten days ago. Also, FATE will have one new member of the lineup for this encounter, which will likely make the things harder for them. The odds are good on the Romanians and I am going to take them.

The Pick: Nexus to win (-137 @PINNACLE)