BLINK vs. AVE, Preview and Prediction-Free 8/29 CS: GO

The opponents will play their first round of the group stage this Sunday. Out of the 16 teams, 8 teams will progress to the playoffs and the final 4 teams will play at the LAN Finals. In this matchup, BLINK is the favourite to win.

BLINK Stats and Latest Results

BLINK is ranked 41st on the global ranking. The Albanian team has been impressive since the year started because they were ranked 144th in January. This means they have moved 103 places on the world ranking. They finished 5-6th at the ESEA Premier Season 37 Europe, won the ESEA Summer 2021 Cash Cup 2 Europe in June, and 5-8th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 3 Closed Qualifier. At the ongoing ESEA Premier Season 38 Europe, they have played 1 match and lost 1. Considering their performance in the last 8 matches, they won 5 matches and lost 3. Meanwhile, their win rate stands at 66.7%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Inferno (83.3%), Ancient (66.7%), and Mirage (62.5%). They attained an average performance on Dust2 (50.0%) and Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Vertigo (42.9%). Their line-up consists of SENER1 (0.97), juanflatroo (1.11), sinnopsyy (1.07), gxx- (1.11), and gulito (0.89).

AVE Stats and Latest Results

AVE is placed 151st on the world ranking. They recently won the BIOGAMING Summer Open 2021 and were awarded $820. This has boosted their morale and we expect them to show a good performance in their upcoming matches. Meanwhile, they finished 5-6th at the IronWar 2021 and 1-4th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 3 Closed Qualifier. Out of their last 8 matches, they have won 4 matches and have a win rate of 44.4%.

Map statistics in the last 3 months shows that the Russian team has been impressive on Nuke (100.0%), Dust2 (66.7%) and Mirage (66.7%). On the other hand, they attained an average performance on Ancient (50.0%) but failed to impress on Inferno (33.3%) and Overpass (25.0%). The team line-up consists of waterfaLLZ (1.06), svyat (0.95), Porya (1.10), sugar (0.95), and Raijin (1.08).

BLINK vs. AVE H2H Record

Both teams have never met in any tournament and this will be their first head-to-head encounter.

BLINK vs. AVE Betting Preview

This is a very tight match for both sides. At the moment, AVE has a 3-match win streak while BLINK won 1 out of their last 4 matches. Concerning map performance, BLINK has achieved above-average performance in almost all maps except Vertigo where they have a 43% win rate. On the other hand, AVE has attained above-average win rate on Dust2 and Mirage. For this reason, we are expecting BLINK to bounce back and win.

The Pick: BLINK to win.