sAw vs. ZEROZONE, Preview & Prediction - Free 10/31 CS:GO

sAw is a massive favorite in this Best of 3 encounter when they face ZEROZONE in the second semi-final game of the ESL Masters CS:GO Season 8 on Saturday. The winner of this clash will meet the better team of a duel between Movistar Riders and Wygers.

sAw Team Stats and Latest Results

sAw is not only the massive favorite in this duel, they are also the biggest favorites to win this tournament as they are the highest-ranked side of all four participants, and only in the top 30 in the world. They were on a negative run of three losses but responded with ten wins in 11 games at the ESEA MDL Season 35 Europe, where they’re doing fine and have a record of 13-4. sAw won 13 of the previous 18 matches.

During the last three months, sAw displayed strong performances on Overpass (75.0% win rate) and played well on Vertigo (63.6%) and Inferno (61.5%), while they were below average only on Dust2 (42.9%). sAw is playing with the current lineup since September 2020 and appeared on 74 maps with a record of 42 wins and 32 losses. The team members are arki (1.02 rating), MUTiRiS (1.07), rmn (1.05), JUST (1.05), and stadodo (1.14).

ZEROZONE Team Stats and Latest Results

ZEROZONE played only two games since they joined the CS:GO circus in September and both resulted in losses to Sprout at the DreamHack Open Fall 2020 Open Qualifier and to Wygers at the La Copa 2020. If nothing, they managed to get a map in each of those two losses but winning a map against sAw will be a very hard thing to do.

When it comes to the maps in those two matches, ZEROZONE appeared once on Overpass and won, while they failed to get a win on Vertigo (played once), Train (played once), and Inferno (played once). ZEROZONE added two new members to the lineup and at the moment it consists of Blastinho (1.05), sausol (1.10), adamS (0.92), Tiburon (0.98), and ThoR (0.58).

sAw vs. ZEROZONE H2H Record

These rivals have never met before.

sAw vs. ZEROZONE Betting Preview

sAw is in excellent form right now and they have a much more experience than ZEROZONE, who has just two CS:GO games under its belt, and none with the new lineup. The two new players, TiburoN, and especially ThoR, are weak links for ZEROZONE, and I am sure the Portuguese side will exploit that. Feel free to back sAw to cover the handicap in this one.

The Pick: sAw -1.5 (-152 @bet365)