DBL PONEY vs. SKADE, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/09 CS: GO

We are at the climax of the ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe tournament when DBL PONEY will be playing SKADE at the lower finals this Friday. The winner of this match will progress to the grand final while the loser will be eliminated.

DBL PONEY Team Stats and Latest Results

DBL PONEY is ranked 27th on the global rankings and has been among the top 30 teams for 7 weeks. The ESEA Advanced S37 Europe was started at the playoffs so we didn’t see the performance of the teams at the group stages. DBL PONEY lost their first match at the opening round-upper bracket and were dropped to the lower bracket. When they played PACT in the opening round (lower bracket), they were not prepared on Inferno and Vertigo, losing 2-1. Nevertheless, they revenged at the lower semis when they played PACT again and won 2-1. They also defeated NLG (2-0), Nordavind (2-0), and FATE (2-0). DBL PONEY finished second at the European Development Championship 4 in June and received $7,500. In the last 8 matches, they have won 5 matches and lost 3. Their win rate is 62.0%.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months show that the French team has been impressive on Ancient (66.7%), Inferno (65.2%), Nuke (63.3%), and Dust2 (62.5%). They had an average performance on Overpass (50.0%) but failed to impress on Train (46.2%) and Vertigo (44.0%). DBL PONEY has a relatively new lineup which consists of bodyy (1.09), Lucky (1.11), Djoko (1.05), Ex3rcice (1.06), and afro (1.12).

SKADE Team Stats and Latest Results

SKADE is ranked 24th on the global ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 13 weeks. At the ESEA Advanced Season 37 Europe tournament, SKADE was dropped to the lower bracket when they met bankaPEPSI at the opening round. They have shown an impressive performance at the lower bracket where they defeated Tricked (2-0), Budapest Five (2-1), and 1WIN (2-0). They also bounced back to defeat bankaPEPSI, a team that defeated them at the opening round. The Bulgarian team also finished 2nd at the recently concluded Elisa Invitational Summer 2021 tournament and was awarded $14,000. They have won 6 out of their last 8 matches and hold a win rate of 60.0%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months indicates that the team has been impressive on Inferno (79.3%), Vertigo (66.7%), Mirage (64.3%), Train (62.1%), Overpass (56.8%), and Dust2 (56.7%). They displayed a below-average win rate on Ancient (37.5%) and Nuke (25.0%). The team lineup consists of SHiPZ (1.11), dennyslaw (1.12), Duplicate (1.01), Rainwaker (1.12), and oxygeN (1.00).

DBL PONEY vs. SKADE H2H Record

There are 3 head-to-head meetings between the opponents and SKADE won all the matches. The last meeting was at the Elisa Invitational Summer 2021 where they won on Overpass and Dust2.

DBL PONEY vs. SKADE Betting Preview

Both teams seem steady to progress to the next stage of this tournament. They were both dropped at the upper bracket but bounced back to beat the same teams that dropped them. Meanwhile, DBL PONEY leads on Dust2, Nuke, and Ancient while SKADE has a better win rate on Mirage, Inferno, Overpass, and Vertigo. For this reason, we believe SKADE has a better chance to win but DBL PONEY will snatch one map.

The Pick: SKADE to win/ Over 2.5 maps