BLINK vs. Eternal Fire Preview & Prediction - Free 11/03 CS: GO

BLINK and Eternal Fire will clash for their first round of the group stage this Wednesday. At the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe, there are 18 teams and only 8 will make it to the playoffs. The winner at the grand final will take $20,000 plus a spot at the ESL Pro League Season 16 Conference.

BLINK Team Stats and Latest Results

BLINK is ranked 37th in the world ranking. The Albanian team has been invited to the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe based on their performance at the Premier S38. They finished 3rd at the Premier S38 and were awarded $6,500. At the same time, they finished 1-4th at the Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2, 2nd at the Gjirafa50 Masters League Season 2 Finals, and won the ESEA Autumn 2021 Cash Cup 3 Europe. Considering the team’s performance in the last 8 matches, they have won 5 matches and hold a win rate of 71.4%.

Map performance over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Mirage (86.7%), Ancient (66.7%), Inferno (60.0%), Vertigo (58.3%), and Overpass (54.5%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Dust2 (42.9%). The team roster consists of rigoN (1.17), SENER1 (0.98), juanflatroo (1.13), and gxx- (1.08).

Eternal Fire Team Stats and Latest Results

Eternal Fire is ranked 59th in the world ranking. The Turkish team is coming to this tournament after winning the ESL Turkey Championship Summer 2021 where they were awarded $5,000 plus a spot at the ESL Pro League Season 15 Conference. They were part of the Pinnacle Fall Series 2 Regionals and won 2 out of their 4 matches. Nevertheless, they lost all their matches at the Pinnacle Fall Series 2 and finished 19-20th. In the last 8 matches, Eternal Fire has won 3 matches and holds a win rate of 54.1%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has attained a decent performance on Dust2 (76.9%), Overpass (72.7%), Vertigo (53.8%), and Inferno (52.9%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Nuke (42.9%) and Mirage (30.0%). The team roster includes XANTARES (1.28), woxic (1.10), Calyx (0.97), imoRR (1.04), and xfl0ud (1.01).

BLINK vs. Eternal Fire H2H Record

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

BLINK vs. Eternal Fire Betting Preview

The odds are in favour of the team that's scored two consecutive wins, but there’s no way to tell who will come out on top in this matchup. Both teams have impressive stats; BLINK has shown excellent performance on Mirage, Inferno, Vertigo, and Ancient. The Turkish side currently enjoys a 3 match win streak and also leads on Dust2, Nuke, and Overpass. Based on this, we will avoid predicting the winning side and go for more than 2 maps.

The Pick: Over 2.5 maps