Fiend vs. SKADE, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/01 CS: GO

Fiend and SKADE meet at the round of 16 at the Elisa Invitational Summer 2021 tournament. This is a single-elimination tournament where the winner will progress to the quarters as the loser of this match is eliminated.

Fiend Team Stats and Latest Results

Fiend is ranked 23rd on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 56 weeks. At the group stage of the Elisa Invitational Summer 2021 tournament, they won 3 matches and lost 2, to progress to the playoffs. They lost their opening match against Nordavind, bounced back to defeat Lyngby Vikings and Copenhagen Flames, then lost again to 777. They won their last match at the group stages when they played Endpoint. Considering the previous tournaments, the Bulgarian team finished 1-2nd place both at the European Development Championship 4 Closed Qualifier and Spring Sweet Spring 3 Regionals. They have won 4 out of their last 8 matches. Their win rate stands at 74.0%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that they have shown an impressive performance on Ancient (83.3%), Mirage (82.1%), Dust2 (66.7%), Nuke (61.1%), Overpass (60.0%), Train (58.3%), and Inferno (56.5%). Nevertheless, they lost all matches on Vertigo and registered 0.0%. They have a relatively new lineup that has played for 3 months. The lineup includes bubble (1.00), v1c7oR (1.07), dream3r (1.21), REDSTAR (1.18), and h4rn (1.23).

SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results

SKADE is ranked 36 on the world ranking. They were invited to the Elisa Invitational Summer 2021 and achieved a 3-2 record at the group stages to progress to the playoffs. They defeated Lyngby Vikings, Copenhagen Flames, and DBL PONEY but lost to Nordavind and 777. They displayed an excellent performance in April when they managed to win 4 tournaments including; European Development Championship 3, Spring Sweet Spring 1 Regionals, REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 1, and the Elisa Invitational Spring 2021 where they were awarded $25,000. Since April, they haven’t won any tournament. Considering the last 8 matches, they have won 3 matches and lost 5. They have a win rate of 62.0%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Inferno (73.1%), Overpass (68.6%), Train (63.3%), Vertigo (58.3%), and Mirage (56.5%). They displayed an average performance on Dust2 (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke and Ancient where they got 33.3% each. The team lineup consists of SHiPZ (1.13), dennyslaw (1.13), Duplicate (1.01), Rainwaker (1.12), and oxygeN (1.00).

Fiend vs. SKADE H2H Record

There have been 4 head-to-head meetings between Fiend and SKADE. Fiend has 2 win records while SKADE has 3 wins. The last meeting was at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 2 and Fiend won 2-0.

Fiend vs. SKADE Betting Preview

Both teams are optimistic to win this tournament after a long drought. As a result, this will be an interesting match to bet on. Even though SKADE recently won the REPUBLEAGUE TIPOS Season 1, they haven’t proved to be strong because they have lost 5 matches out of the last 8. At the same time, they hold a slight margin on Overpass whereas Fiend has been impressive on Dust2, Mirage, Nuke, and Ancient. Therefore, we predict that Fiend will win.

The Pick: Fiend to win.