paiN vs. Extra Salt, Preview, & Prediction - Free 10/05 CS: GO
The opponents will cross paths at the first round of the IEM Fall 2021 North America this Tuesday. There are 12 teams and only 4 will progress to the playoffs. The winner at the grand final will take $25,000 plus 2500 RMR Points.
paiN Team Stats and Latest Results
paiN Team is ranked 33rd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 8 weeks. Other than the IEM Fall 2021 North America, they are also part of the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021, ESEA Premier Season 38 North America, and IEM Winter 2021 North America Closed Qualifier. Meanwhile, they won the Fragadelphia Invitational Fall 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier and FlowFiReLEAGUE 2021 North America. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 7 matches and hold a win rate of 89.5%.
Map performance in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%), Dust2 (100.0%), Ancient (83.3%), Nuke (80.0%), and Overpass (55.6%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Inferno (33.3%). paiN Team has maintained 1 line-up since November that consists of PKL (1.07), NEKIZ (1.09), hardzao (1.10), biguzera (1.16), and saffee (1.28).
Extra Salt Team Stats and Latest Results
Extra Salt Team is ranked 29th in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 81 weeks. Extra Salt won the ESEA Summer 2021 Cash Cup 7 North America, finished second at the DreamHack Open September 2021 North America, 1-2nd at the IEM Winter 2021 North America Open Qualifier, and 2nd at the FlowFiReLEAGUE 2021 North America. Considering their performance over the last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and hold a win rate of 75.9%.
Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Overpass (90.9%), Inferno (73.3%), Nuke (72.7%), and Vertigo (58.3%). They got an average performance on Ancient (50.0%) and Dust2 (50.0%). The team line-up includes Sonic (1.13), MarKE (1.10), JT (1.05), oSee (1.31), and FaNg (1.10).
paiN vs. Extra Salt H2H Record
Head-to-head records have 13 meetings. So far, Extra Salt has won 10 matches while paiN has won in 3 matches. The last meeting was at the IEM Winter 2021 North America Closed Qualifier and paiN won 2-1.
paiN vs. Extra Salt Betting Preview
Extra Salt lost their last 3 matches and also has an advantage in 2 maps (Overpass and Inferno). On the other hand, paiN has only lost 1 match over the last 10 matches and leads on Dust2, Nuke, Vertigo, and Ancient. When we consider the win rate factor and the team line-ups, we believe paiN is the better side to win this matchup.
The Pick: paiN to win
