MAD Lions vs. Extra Salt Preview & Prediction - Free 11/26 CS: GO

The opponents will clash at the upper semis of the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 Conference this Friday. The winner will advance to the next stage while the loser will be dropped to the lower bracket. The top 3 teams in this tournament will get a spot at the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 15.

MAD Lions Team Stats and Latest Results

MAD Lions is ranked 21st in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 6 weeks. The team qualified for the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 Conference after finishing 3rd at the DH Open Nov' where they were also awarded $10,000. They defeated EC Brugge (2:0) in the opening round and LDLC (2:1) in the upper quarter-finals. Considering their performance in the past tournament, the European team finished 3-4th at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021, 5-8th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 2, and 2nd at the FlowFiReLEAGUE 2021 Iberia. In the last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and have a win rate of 73.3%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%-win rate), Overpass (75.0%), Mirage (73.7%), Ancient (71.4%), Dust2 (66.7%), Inferno (58.8%), and Nuke (56.2%). They have maintained 1 line-up for the last 3 months that consists of b0RUP (1.02 player rating), TMB (1.04), Woro2k (1.18), sausol (1.06), and jL (1.10).

Extra Salt Team Stats and Latest Results

Extra Salt is ranked 26th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 82 weeks. The North American team was invited to the ongoing ESL Pro League Season 15 Conference based on their performance at the DH Open June NA. They won the DH Open June NA and were awarded $35,000. Considering their performance in previous events, they won the ESEA Autumn 2021 Cash Cup 3 North America, won the ESEA Autumn 2021 Cash Cup 4 North America, and came second at the iBUYPOWER Mythic Masters Winter 2021. They are also part of the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 39 North America and have won all their first 2 games. They won 7 out of their last 8 games and have a win rate of 78.0%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Overpass (77.3%), Nuke (76.2%), Vertigo (72.2%), Inferno (72.0%), and Dust2 (66.7%). On the other hand, they failed to show a decent performance on Ancient (50.0%) and Mirage (33.3%). The team has a roster that includes MarKE (1.11), JT (1.06), floppy (1.19), oSee (1.30), and FaNg (1.11).

MAD Lions vs. Extra Salt H2H Record

There is no head-to-head meeting between the opponents and this will be their first encounter.

MAD Lions vs. Extra Salt Betting Preview

This is a tough matchup and fanatics should expect a fantastic Friday when the opponents meet. MAD Lions are coming to this game after winning all their last 3 games while Extra Salt won 7 out of their last 8 matches. When we check on their map performance, MAD Lions leads on Mirage and Ancient while Extra Salt has shown better performance on Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo. Based on these stats, we will avoid predicting the winner and go for over 2.5 maps as this game can go either way.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.