Cloud9 vs. Spirit, Preview & Prediction - Free 12/3 CS:GO

Spirit is a slight favorite to beat Cloud9 in this Best of 3 encounter and advance to the playoffs of the DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 Europe when they face in the Lower semi-finals on Thursday. The losing team will suffer elimination.

Cloud9 Team Stats and Latest Results

Cloud9 nearly secured a place at the BLAST Fall Finals after defeating NiP and Complexity, but fell short in the Grand final with a loss to mousesports, so they had to settle with $15,000. They lost the opening game of this tournament to Gambit but responded with a 2-0 victory over ENCE. Cloud9 lost nine of the previous 12 matches.

In the last three months, Cloud9 was decent on Dust2 (66.7% win rate), while they didn’t get a victory on Train (played once) and disappointed on Inferno (14.3%) and Nuke (28.6%). Cloud9 is playing with a new lineup since November 2020 and appeared on 15 maps with a record of six wins and nine losses. The lineup consists of ALEX (0.99 rating), woxic (1.01), es3tag (1.06), floppy (1.02), and mezii (1.06).

Spirit Team Stats and Latest Results

Spirit ended the IEM New York 2020 CIS in 3rd place and won $4,000 with 2188 RMR Points for their efforts, but they weren’t as successful at the IEM Beijing-Haidian 2020 Europe. They defeated flowskola, Apeks, and Illuminar to reach the Grand final of the DreamHack Open November 2020. Spirit even had a 1-0 lead against Gambit, but lost in the end and settled with $20,000 for 2nd place. The Russians opened this tournament with a 2-0 victory over FaZe, after which they lost to Heroic. Spirit won eight of the last 13 games.

During the previous three months, Spirit was dominant on Dust2 (83.3%) and played well on Train (62.5%), while they were below average on Nuke (40.0%) and Inferno (41.7%). Since September this year, Spirit is playing with the same squad that appeared on 67 maps with a record of 37 wins and 30 losses. The team members are chopper (1.01), mir (1.22), sdy (1.04), iDISBALANCE (1.07), and magixx (1.07).

Cloud9 vs. Spirit H2H Record

These rivals have never met before.

Cloud9 vs. Spirit Betting Preview

Cloud9 returned to the CS:GO tour recently and this current lineup doesn’t have enough games under its belt to compete with better teams. I don’t think they are without a chance in this one, especially after defeating some high-profile sides in the past week or so, but I do believe they will not get more than a map. It’s going to be a close encounter, but I am going with Spirit to win.

The Pick: Spirit to win (-110 @PINNACLE)