1620 Kings vs. 8Ballers Preview & Prediction- Free 3/10 CS: GO

The ESL Australia & NZ Championship Season 14 continues this Thursday when 1620 Kings and 8Ballers meet at the Swiss Round 1. The 2022 ESL ANZ Champs is a CSGO online tournament with a prize pool of $14,250. The tournament is organized by ESL Australia and features notable teams from Oceania. The upcoming match will be played in the best-of-three series.

1620 Kings Team Stats and Latest Results

1620 Kings team is ranked 149th in the world ranking. The Australian team is coming to this matchup on a 1-match losing streak. They lost to DGG Esports at the LPL Pro League Season 10 tournament with a score of 2:0. They were also part of the ESEA Premier Season 39 Australia and finished 5-6th. Considering their performance in the last 10 matches, the team has attained a 33.33%-win rate and has 40.0% (over the last 3 months).

Map statistics show that the team's best-played map is Dust2 (100%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Inferno (50%) and Vertigo (0%). The team has a line-up that includes cheeseball (0.93 player rating), cookie (1.18), nauh (0.90), Scr1pt (0.82), and forevint (0.90).

8Ballers Team Stats and Latest Results

8Ballers is currently ranked 235th in the global ranking. The team is currently on a steep downswing and has lost 3 consecutive matches. Their last match took place at ESEA - OCE tournament in December 2021 and they lost to 1620 Kings with a score of 2:0. Considering their performance in past events, they finished 2nd at the ESEA Open Season 38 Australia, 4th at the LPL Pro League Season 9, and 7-8th at the ESEA Premier Season 39 Australia. They won 3 out of their last 10 matches.

The team’s best-played map is Vertigo (66%-win rate) while their worst played maps include Nuke (25%), Inferno (40%), Overpass (50%), Ancient (37%), Dust2 (42%), and Mirage (50%). Their line-up consists of bogeymanh (1.07), Prodigy (0.92), Kobe (1.03), Shoey (0.90), and JoolzCheat (0.91).

1620 Kings vs. 8Ballers H2H Record

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

1620 Kings vs. 8Ballers Betting Preview

1620 Kings is the favorite to win this matchup because they have shown a better performance than their opponent over the last 3 months. Besides, 1620 Kings team lost their last 1 match while 8Ballers is coming to this game on a 3-match losing streak. Additionally, 1620 Kings has a better performance on the maps.

The Pick: 1620 Kings to win.