Cowana vs. NLG, Preview, & Prediction - Free 10/01 CS: GO

The opponents will cross paths at the lower round 3 of the ESEA Advanced Season 38 Europe this Friday. Here, the winner will advance to the lower round 4 while the loser will exit the tournament. The overall winner will receive $7,000 plus a spot at the ESEA Premier S39.

Cowana Team Stats and Latest Results

cowana is placed 76th in the world ranking. At the ongoing ESEA Advanced Season 38 Europe, they defeated AaB (2-0) at the upper bracket-opening round and Finest (2-1) at the round of 16 but lost to AVE (0-2) at the upper quarter finals. For this reason, they were dropped to the lower bracket where they will meet NLG. Meanwhile, they finished 5-6th at the ESL Meisterschaft Spring 2021, 3-4th at the IEM Fall 2021 Europe Open Qualifier 2, and 9-16th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 2. Considering their last 8 matches, they won 4 matches and holds a win rate of 60.0%.

Map statistics over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%), Inferno (80.0%), and Overpass (66.7%). On the other hand, they failed to impress on Dust2 (40.0%), Nuke (33.3%), and Ancient (0.0%). The team line-up consists of kRYSTAL (0.92), ScrunK (0.81), stfN (1.07), PANIX (1.12), and Krimbo (1.22).

NLG Team Stats and Latest Results

NLG Team is ranked 115th in the world ranking. The German team took a break in January 2021 then came back in March where they featured at the Legend Series WTA 2021 and won the top prize of $5,950. They were also part of the ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe but lost all their matches and came 13-16th. At the ongoing ESEA Advanced Season 38 Europe, they defeated ECLOT (2-0) at the upper bracket opening round then lost to Nemiga (1-2) at the round of 16. Because of the loss, they were dropped to the lower bracket and will clash with Cowana at the lower round 3. In the last 8 matches, they won 4 matches and holds a win rate of 57.1%.

Map performance over the last 3 months indicates that the team has been impressive on Overpass (100.0%), Vertigo (100.0%), and Mirage (75.0%). They attained an average performance on Dust2 (50.0%) but failed to impress on Ancient (33.3%) and Inferno (0.0%). The team line-up includes xenn (0.87), pdy (1.06), red (1.14), s1n (1.01), and kyuubii (1.03).

Cowana vs. NLG H2H Record

The opponents clashed previously at the UNITED Pro Series Winter 2020 and Cowana (formerly ALTERNATE aTTaX) won 2-0.

Cowana vs. NLG Betting Preview

In this matchup, we believe Cowana is the better side to win. This is based on the fact that they have a better win rate, better ranking, and have a better line-up. At the same time, Cowana defeated NLG during their last meeting and we believe they will continue with their positive performance against the opponent.

The Pick: Cowana to win.