Finest vs. Isurus Preview & Prediction- Free 5/01 CS: GO

Both teams won their first Swiss round in the ongoing Pinnacle Cup IV tournament and will cross paths at the second round this Sunday. The 2022 Pinnacle Cup IV is an online tournament organized by Relog Media. Notable teams across Europe will battle it out for the prize pool of $100,000. The Swiss Stage matches are played in a Swiss system format and this means 3 wins take a team to the next stage.

Team Finest Stats and Latest Results

Team Finest is ranked #56 in the world ranking. The Swedish team was invited to this tournament at stage 1 and has since defeated 777 eSports (16:5), Tricked (2:0), and ECSTATIC (2:0) at the Swiss round 1. Considering the team’s performance in past events, they finished 13-15th at the Pinnacle Cup III, 7-8th at the ESL Challenger League Season 40 Europe, and 9-16th at the IEM Dallas 2022 Europe Open Qualifier 1. They are also part of the ongoing ESL Challenger League Season 41 Europe and will play the first round of the group stage against Entropiq on May 4, 2022. They won 6 out of their past 10 games and hold a win rate of 42.9%.

Map win statistics in the past 3 months show an impressive performance on Nuke (100.0%-win rate) and Mirage (87.5%). They managed an average win rate on Inferno (50.0%) but failed to impress on Overpass (42.9%), Vertigo (33.3%), Dust2 (28.6%), and Ancient (25.0%). Their line-up consists of twist (0.98 player rating), PlesseN (1.09), kreaz (1.06), shokz (1.08), and anarkez (1.13).

Isurus Gaming Team Stats and Latest Results

Isurus Gaming is ranked #74 in the world ranking. The Brazilian team has defeated SKADE (2:1) in the first round of the Swiss Stage and requires 2 additional wins to advance to the playoffs. Considering their performance in past tournaments, they finished 5-6th at the FiReLEAGUE Latin Power Spring 2022 - BLAST Premier Qualifier, 2nd at the Aorus League 2022 Season 1 Brazil, and 12-14th at the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMR. The team attained a win rate of 57.1% over the past 3 months and managed 6 wins from their last 10 games.

Map win statistics in the past 3 months indicate that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (75.0%), Ancient (66.7%), Nuke (57.1%), and Overpass (55.6%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Inferno (50.0%) and Mirage (40.0%). Isurus Gaming has a line-up that consists of ALLE (1.05 player rating), DeStiNy (1.07), Gafolo (1.02), deco (1.06), and Noktse (1.06).

Team Finest vs. Isurus Gaming H2H Record

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

Team Finest vs. Isurus Gaming Betting Preview

Both teams have a 3-match win streak and this means we should expect an interesting matchup when they meet. Isurus Gaming has an advantage on Dust2, Nuke, Overpass, and Ancient while Team Finest leads on Mirage, Inferno, and Vertigo. This match can go either way and bettors can ride on the number of maps played. We are, therefore, predicting over 2.5 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.