MASONIC vs. MAD Lions Preview & Prediction- Free 3/28 CS: GO

MASONIC vs. MAD Lions Preview & Prediction- Free 3/28 CS: GO

The opponents will clash at the upper bracket quarter-final in the ESEA Advanced Season 40 Europe tournament this Monday. The 2022 ESEA Advanced Edition is a relegation tournament where the best teams in Europe compete to secure a spot in the ESL Challenger League and a prize pool of $20,000. Playoffs take a double-elimination best-of-three series except for the grand final which is a best-of-five series.

MASONIC Team Stats and Latest Results

MASONIC is ranked #103 in the world ranking. The team defeated forZe (2:0) at the UB Round of 16 in the ongoing ESEA Advanced Season 40 Europe tournament to progress to the quarter-final. Their last match took place at the OMEN tournament on March 26, 2022, and they lost to Imperial Esports with a score of 1:2. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 25-40th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6, won both the Dust2.dk League Cup Spring 2022 & Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 Denmark Closed Qualifier. They are also part of the ongoing Elisa Invitational Spring 2022 Contenders. Meanwhile, they have a win rate of 60.0% and won 9 out of their last 10 games.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Inferno (100.0%-win rate), Vertigo (71.4%), Overpass (66.7%), and Nuke (57.1%). On the other hand, their performance was dismal on Ancient (37.5%) and Dust2 (0.0%). The team has a line-up that consists of blaq (0.93 player rating), Queenix (1.08), kraghen (1.02), notaN (1.04), and J3nsyy (1.07).

MAD Lions Team Stats and Latest Results

MAD Lions ranks #59 in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 10 weeks. Since the beginning of the year, the team has played 25 matches and currently holds a win rate of 45.8%. They finished 19-20th at the Pinnacle Winter Series 2, 16-18th at the Pinnacle Cup III, and 3rd at the FantasyExpo EU Champions Spring 2022 Europe Closed Qualifier. At the ongoing ESEA tournament, they defeated Conquer (2:1) at the UB Round of 16 to advance to the quarters. They won 5 out of their last 10 matches.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show an impressive performance on Ancient (66.7%-win rate), Inferno (57.1%), Dust2 (57.1%), and Overpass (55.6%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Mirage (33.3%), Nuke (0.0%, and Vertigo (0.0%). Their current roster has TMB (1.03 player rating), b0RUP (0.99), jL (1.10), MICHU (1.13), and Sdy (0.98).

MASONIC vs. MAD Lions H2H Record

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

MASONIC vs. MAD Lions Betting Preview

Before losing their last match to Imperial, MASONIC had won 10 consecutive matches. On the other hand, MAD Lions won 5 out of their last 10 matches. Additionally, the win rate over the last 3 months places MASONIC ahead of their opponents. This doesn’t mean MASONIC are the favorites because the “Lions” has an advantage on 4 cards while MASONIC leads on 3 cards. We are predicting a win for MAD Lions but MASONIC will snatch one of the cards.

The Pick: MAD Lions to win/ Over 2.5 cards.

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