Sprout vs. PACT, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/08 CS: GO

The opponents will play their first round of the group stage in Group B this Wednesday. In this tournament, 2 teams from both groups will progress to the playoffs and the overall winner will get a chance to play at the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2021.

Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results

Sprout is ranked 42nd at the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 20 weeks. They have qualified for this tournament after winning the Fantasyexpo EU Champions Fall 2021 DACH Closed Qualifier. Other than this, they are also part of the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe where they have won 1 and lost 1 match. They finished 13-14th at the ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe and 9-12th at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 4 matches and have a win rate of 42.9%.

Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Dust2 (72.7%) and Ancient (62.5%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Nuke (40.0%), Inferno (33.3%), Mirage (25.0%), and Vertigo (20.0%). Their line-up consists of raalz (1.04), Spiidi (1.02), kressy (1.02), faveN (1.11), and slaxz- (1.09).

PACT Team Stats and Latest Results

PACT Team is ranked 67th on the world ranking. They qualified for the Fantasyexpo EU Champions Fall 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier based on their performance at the PLE Spring '21 Finals where they finished 2nd and were awarded $5,418. At the same time, they finished 6th at the ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe and 3-4th at the European Development Championship 5 Closed Qualifier. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 5 matches and have a win rate of 47.8%.

Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Mirage (100.0%), Vertigo (66.7%), and Nuke (57.1%). On the flip side, they failed to show a decent performance on Overpass (44.4%), Inferno (30.0%), Dust2 (28.6%), and Ancient (0.0%). Their line-up consist of MINISE (1.01), reatz (1.02), lunAtic (0.95), Sobol (1.22), and bnox (0.95).

Sprout vs. PACT H2H Record

There have been 3 head-to-head meetings between the opponents and Sprout has won in all matches.

Sprout vs. PACT Betting Preview

This is a definition of over 2.5 maps. When both rivals have almost equal form, we usually avoid predicting the winner. We expect to see a bunch of rounds on each side, while at least one overtime is a possibility. This matchup can go either way, so we are going with over 2.5 maps at quite attractive odds.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps.