Dignitas vs. SAW Preview & Prediction- Free 1/24 CS: GO

The opponents will play their first match at the group stage of the Pinnacle Winter Series 1 tournament this Monday. The tournament features notable teams with a prize pool of $68,000 and will secure a spot in the LAN Sweet LAN tournament! Regional Swiss Stage will be played in Swiss format and all matches are played in the best-of-three series. Main Swiss is also played in Swiss System format with all matches played in best-of-three series and the top eight teams will proceed in the Playoffs.

Dignitas Team Stats and Latest Results

Dignitas is ranked 32nd in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 18 weeks. The Swedish team recently finished 3rd at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Playoffs 2 and were awarded $7,000. They also finished 9-12th at the Pinnacle Fall Series 3, 5-8th at the Funspark ULTI 2021 Europe Regional Series 4, and 3-4th at the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 4. They are also part of the ongoing Elisa Invitational Winter 2021 Main Qualifier and have won their first match against 777 (2:0). They have attained a win rate of 52.4% over the last 3 months and won 5 out of their last 8 games.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Nuke (70.0%), Vertigo (66.7%), Inferno (60.0%), and Overpass (55.6%). On the other hand, the team failed to impress on Mirage (38.5%) and Ancient (20.0%). The team roster consists of f0rest (1.09), friberg (0.90), Lekr0 (1.08), HEAP (1.07), and hallzerk (1.09).

SAW Team Stats and Latest Results

SAW is ranked 51st in the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 23 weeks. The team has been invited to this tournament based on their performance at the Pinnacle Winter Series 1 Regionals where they came 1-2nd and received $2,000. Considering their performance in other events, they finished 7-8th at the KeyDrop Cup 1, 13-14th at the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe, and 2nd at the ESEA Premier Season 39 Europe Relegation. Over the last 3 months, the team managed a win rate of 50.0% and has won 6 out of their last 8 games.

Map win statistics in the last 3 months indicates a decent performance on Ancient (69.2%), Dust2 (57.1%), and Inferno (55.6%). On the flip-side, they failed to impress on Nuke (50.0%), Vertigo (25.0%), and Overpass (25.0%). Their roster consists of arki (0.97), MUTiRiS (1.07), rmn (1.04), JUST (1.08), and stadodo (1.10).

Dignitas vs. SAW H2H Record

Head-to-head meetings have no matches and this will be their first H2H encounter.

Dignitas vs. SAW Betting Preview

SAW is coming to this matchup on a 4-match winning streak while Dignitas won 3 out of their last 5 games. Considering their performance on the maps, Dignitas leads on Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo while SAW has more wins on Ancient and Dust2. Besides, Dignitas has a better position in the world ranking and is, therefore, the favorite to win.

The Pick: Dignitas to win.