Sinners vs. HellRaisers, Preview & Prediction - Free 2/23 CS:GO

Sinners are favorites in this Best of 3 encounters when they take on HellRaisers in the quarter-final of the European Development Championship 2 on Tuesday. The winner of this clash will advance to the semi-final and face a better team from the duel between Sprout and sAw, while the loser will be eliminated.

Sinners Team Stats and Latest Results

Sinners defeated GROND, Lyngby Vikings, and Lilmix to qualify for this tournament, where they beat Movistar Riders and Izako Boars to reach the playoffs. In the meantime, Sinners won the Shadow League Season 1 and $12,000 after defeating Cult, Sangal, and Lyngby Vikings. The Czech team managed to qualify for Stage 2 of the Snow Sweet Snow 2 Regionals thanks to wins over Nordavind and Ambush. Sinners won 12 of the previous 17 matches.

In the last three months, Sinners won the only appearance on Overpass and were dominant on Inferno (80.0% win rate), while they were below average only on Train (35.7%). Since December 2020, Sinners are playing with the same lineup that appeared on 90 maps with a record of 52 wins and 38 losses. The team members are oskar (1.17 rating), ZEDKO (1.08), beastik (0.99), SHOCK (0.99), and NEOFRAG (1.18).

HellRaisers Team Stats and Latest Results

HellRaisers beat SKADE and Sangal to qualify for the European Development Championship 2, but they weren’t successful as Sinners at the previous tournaments in 2021. They lost to Sinners in the semis of the Vulkan Fight Series 2020 despite having a 1-0 lead, so they had to settle with 3rd place and $3,375. HellRaisers didn’t play in the last week, and they recorded three consecutive losses to GROND and Winstrike twice. HellRaisers won nine of the last 17 games.

During the previous three months, HellRaisers played well on Train (63.6%) and Inferno (57.1%), while they failed to impress on Vertigo (25.0%) and Overpass (33.3%). HellRaisers will play this game with a new squad, but at the moment, the name of the fifth team member is still unknown. We do know the following four players: kalinka (1.07), Flarich (0.96), ProbLeM (1.09), and JIaYm (1.04).

Sinners vs. HellRaisers H2H Record

These rivals have met just once before, and it was at the aforementioned Vulkan Fight Series 2020 when Sinners secured a comeback 2-1 victory.

Sinners vs. HellRaisers Betting Preview

Sinners are on a seven-game winning streak, while HellRaisers lost the previous three matches and will be playing with a new lineup on Tuesday. Sinners aim for a top 20 ranking after this tournament and I am backing them to get there, but they need a win in this one. I think they will have no problems defeating HellRaisers, while they could easily go all the way at the European Development Championship 2.

The Pick: Sinners to win (-200 @LOOT.BET)