Akuma vs. Sprout, Preview, & Prediction - Free 9/07 CS: GO
The opponents will clash at the group stage of the ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe this Tuesday. So far, Akuma has won 2 out of their 3 matches while Sprout has won 1 out of their 2 matches of the group stage.
Akuma Team Stats and Latest Results
Akuma is ranked 41st on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 12 weeks. They defeated SAW (2-1) in the first round, Enterprise (2-1) in the second round, but lost their third round to Apeks (0-2). At the same time, they finished second at the V4 Future Sports Festival 2021 Open Qualifier, 9-12th at the European Nations Cup 2021, and won the ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe in July. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 4 matches and have a win rate of 52.2%.
Map performance over the last 3 months shows that Akuma has been impressive on Dust2 (71.4%). They attained an average performance on Vertigo (50.0%), Nuke (50.0%), and Overpass (50.0%) but failed to attain an average win rate on Inferno (45.5%), Mirage (42.9%), and Train (0.0%). Their line-up consists of Sergiz (0.98), Psycho (0.98), SENSEi (1.26), DemQQ (1.09), and j3kie (0.99).
Sprout Team Stats and Latest Results
Sprout Team is ranked 42nd on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 20 weeks. So far, they have won 1 match and lost 1 at the group stage of the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe. The German team is also part of the Fantasyexpo EU Champions Fall 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier where they will play their first match against PACT. At the ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe, they won 2 out of their 8 matches and finished 13-14th. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 4 matches and hold a win rate of 42.9%.
Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent performance on Dust2 (72.7%) and Ancient (62.5%). On the other hand, they failed to show an impressive win rate on Nuke (40.0%), Inferno (33.3%), Mirage (25.0%), and Vertigo (20.0%). The team line-up includes raalz (1.04), Spiidi (1.02), kressy (1.02), faveN (1.11), and slaxz- (1.09).
Akuma vs. Sprout H2H Record
Both teams have never met on any match-up and this will be their first head-to-head meeting.
Akuma vs. Sprout Betting Preview
Sprout lost their last 4 matches while Akuma won 3 out of their last 4 matches. Sprout has a narrow lead on Dust2 while Akuma leads on Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo. Since Akuma won the ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe, we tend to believe they are a better side to win this match.
The Pick: Akuma to win.
